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Europe Reluctantly Chooses SpaceX to Launch Its GPS Satellites (gizmodo.com)

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Europe Reluctantly Chooses SpaceX to Launch Its GPS Satellites::Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to undertake its first launch of European satellites equipped with classified technology, specifically for the Galileo system.

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[–] silencioso@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They used ariane 5 rockets to send 2 satellites at a price tag of 150-200 million. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_5#:~:text=Total%20launch%20price%20of%20an,million%20as%20of%20January%202015

Compare that with the price of a Falcon 9.

[–] Toine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Except they launched them 4 at a time on Ariane 5 (which has similar capacity as falcon, so doubtful they would launch much more at a time with space, also it was available at the time of the start of the project...), and two at a time on the cheaper Soyouz. Also, it's way better to pay even 200 million (more likely less than 150 millions) to domestic companies to boost your own economy than to pay 70 million to your number one competitor...