SpaceX Starship Roadmap Lower Launch Costs by 100 Times

Most folks have not understood this ,but consistent repetition fdrives down unit costs like nothig else.

There is obviously a rapidly expanding market as costs drop and not just in comms, but that as well.

As posted cheap heavy lifters allow us to rapidly build out mile wide rotating gravity living rings, allowing a working population in shirt sleeves.  Just that with orbital manufacturing in place, we have a sustainable home to tens of thousands.

This is also the high road to high quaity product.

SpaceX Starship Roadmap Lower Launch Costs by 100 Times

January 20, 2025 by Brian Wang

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2025/01/spacex-starship-roadmap-to-100-times-lower-cost-launch.html

Falcon Heavy by SpaceX has a cost per kilogram to LEO of approximately $1,400 per kg. This figure reflects the cost-effectiveness achieved through partial reusability and high payload capacity.

A single use Super Heavy Starship and booster will be able to bring full payloads to orbit for about $250-600 per kilogram. This is with costs of about $90 million and reusable payloads of 200 tons and non-reusable payloads of 300-400 tons.

Initial cost of Super Heavy booster and Starship: $90 million

Fuel and maintenance cost per flight: $2 million

Number of reusable flights: 6

Total cost for 6 flights:

90,000,000+(2,000,000×6)=102,000,000

Payload Capacity

Starship payload to orbit: 200 tons per launch

Total payload for 6 launches: 200 tons × 6 = 1,200 ton

The cost per kilogram to orbit using the SpaceX Starship under these conditions is approximately $93.66/kg even if payload is 180 tons it would still be $94.

5-6 full reuses would get the cost below $100/kg

For 6 Flights:

With 200 tons payload: $93.66 per kg

With 240 tons payload: $78 per kg

For 20 Flights:

With 200 tons payload: $32.50 per kg

With 240 tons payload: $27.08 per kg

For 50 Flights:

With 200 tons payload: $19.00 per kg

With 240 tons payload: $15.83 per kg

For 70 Flights:

With 200 tons payload: $16.43 per kg

With 240 tons payload: $13.69 per kg

It would be about 70 flights to get to costs per kilogram 100 times less (1% of the cost) of SpaceX Falcon Heavy.

There have been over 25 flights of the booster stage of some Falcon 9 rockets.

The SpaceX Super Heavy Starship could get to far lower costs to SpaceX by reducing the cost for fuel and maintenance between flights. This would be after the Starship is flying reliably. SpaceX will charge more than their costs for others to fly on their launches. The $1400 per kilogram price is what they are charging others. SpaceX costs for Falcon Heavy area less as they are reusing the booster stages.

There should be block 3 Starships and improved engines flying by the end of 2025.