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  2. Space Launch System - Wikipedia

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    In September 2012, an SLS deputy project manager stated that $500 million is a reasonable target average cost per flight for the SLS program. In 2013, the Space Review estimated the cost per launch at $5 billion, depending on the rate of launches.

  3. Artemis program - Wikipedia

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    Estimated cost per launch First launch LEO TLI SLS Block 1: Crew transportation: 95 t 27 t US$2 billion 2022: SLS Block 1B: Crew transportation, I-HAB Gateway Module 105 t 42 t US$2 billion In development (2028) SLS Block 2: Crew transportation, Heavy payloads 130 t 45 t US$2 billion In development (after 2029) Falcon Heavy: Dragon XL launches,

  4. Space launch market competition - Wikipedia

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    Space launch market competition is the manifestation of market forces in the launch service provider business. In particular it is the trend of competitive dynamics among payload transport capabilities at diverse prices having a greater influence on launch purchasing than the traditional political considerations of country of manufacture or the national entity using, regulating or licensing ...

  5. Orion (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    Costs to assemble, integrate, prepare and launch the Orion and its launcher, funded separately in the NASA Ground Operations Project, currently about $600M per year; Costs of the launcher, the SLS, for the Orion spacecraft; For 2021 to 2025, NASA estimates yearly budgets for Orion from $1.4 to $1.1 billion. In late 2015, the Orion program was ...

  6. List of Space Launch System launches - Wikipedia

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    As of January 2022, the Space Launch System (SLS) – a Shuttle-derived, super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle – has conducted one successful launch, and a further four have been officially scheduled. [1] All flights on the current launch manifest are for the Artemis program, a human spaceflight project aimed at establishing a permanent ...

  7. Space Launch System core stage - Wikipedia

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    LH 2 / LOX. The Space Launch System core stage, or simply core stage, is the main stage of the American Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, built by The Boeing Company in the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility. At 65 m (212 ft) tall and 8.4 m (27.6 ft) in diameter, the core stage contains approximately 987 t (2,177,000 lb) of its liquid hydrogen and ...

  8. Criticism of the Space Shuttle program - Wikipedia

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    In 2010, the incremental cost per flight of the Space Shuttle was $409 million, or $14,186 per kilogram ($6,435 per pound) to low Earth orbit (LEO). In contrast, the comparable Proton launch vehicle cost was $141 million, or $6,721 per kilogram ($3,049 per pound) to LEO and the Soyuz 2.1 was $55 million, or $6,665 per kilogram ($3,023 per pound ...

  9. Stennis Space Center - Wikipedia

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    The Rocket Propulsion Test Complex is a rocket testing complex which was built in 1965 as a component of the John C. Stennis Space Center. The Rocket Propulsion Test Complex played an important role in the development of the Saturn V rocket. The A-1, A-2 and B-1/B-2 test stands were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.