Creation of reusable launch vehicles and attraction of private commercial companies became a global trend in the aerospace industry. This is true for Russia as well. Private space companies construct expendable (Tszelun1, Hyperbola- 1, OS-M1) and planned reusable (Hyperbola-2, Zhuque-2, New Line 1) launch vehicles with a payback period of 2 - 3 years acceptable for commercial projects. Numerical simulations show that transition to reusable launch vehicles reduces the launch cost and increases the investment project efficiency. The cost of delivering one kilogram into a low-earth orbit is reaching USD 10,000. However, this achievement of the Chinese private companies will not be sufficient to compete with SpaceX that announced launching several 200 kg satellites for one million dollars each.
Simulating costs for launching light launch vehicles in China
XLV ACADEMIC SPACE CONFERENCE, DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ACADEMICIAN S.P. KOROLEV AND OTHER OUTSTANDING NATIONAL SCIENTISTS — PIONEERS OF SPACE EXPLORATION ; 2021 ; Moscow, Russia
AIP Conference Proceedings ; 2549 , 1
2023-07-20
9 pages
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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