Falcon 9 Cost and Margins
In 2017, SpaceX built 13 new boosters for its 18 total Falcon 9 launches—a 72% new booster rate. So far this year, the company has built seven new boosters for 124 Falcon launches—a 6% new booster rate.
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What is Rocket Lab Plotting with its $750M Stock Offering at Peak Valuation?
So, what is Rocket Lab cooking up?
SpaceX Booster Reuse
Over 90% of Falcon 9 launches use flight-proven hardware, driving marginal launch costs below $15M.
Unpacking Firefly’s IPO, Business Outlook, and its Valuation at a Third of Rocket Lab’s
There’s threading the needle, and then there is what Firefly just did last week.
NASA’s Commercial LEO Destination Budget Holds Up, But Program Will Be Rescoped
Amid the NASA budget bloodbath, the Commercial LEO Destinations program has emerged still standing.
SpaceX Notches 16 Falcon Missions in May, Musk Says Revenue to Hit $15.5B
SpaceX launched 16 Falcon missions in May, tying a monthly record for the workhorse rocket.
A&D Primes are Most Impacted by Proposed NASA Budget Cuts
If the cuts are enacted (big if), the impact would be felt industry-wide, but it is A&D primes, like Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and RTX, that are poised to suffer the most with the multi-billion-dollar programs squarely in the White House’s crosshairs.
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