Comment on Starlink quietly lost over $250M in burned satellites this summerparentComments−Nevermark2ySpaceX puts a lot money into research and development, and build out of infrastructure for future use.So if the company is breaking even, then its manufacturing & launch business must have good margins.Which means, self launched rockets cost SpaceX noticeably less than their commercial pricing.−mavhc2ySpaceX posted a Q1 2023 profit of $55 million on $1.5 billion in revenueAnd the spend about $2 billion on Starship per year.So $6 billion in, $2 billion on Starship, $4 billion in other costs.In 2022 they launched 61 times, which is $65 million per launch on average, they charge $67 million per launch.They got $2 billion from NASA for 2022.In 2022 they launched 3 crewed missions, 2 for NASA and 1 private.−panick21_2yThey don't charge for their own launches.−mavhc2yThey got $4 billion from Starlink users, that should cover it−hnben2ywhen they spend a launch on their own stuff, they lose out on opportunity cost−madarco2yno because there are not enough clients
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SpaceX puts a lot money into research and development, and build out of infrastructure for future use.
So if the company is breaking even, then its manufacturing & launch business must have good margins.
Which means, self launched rockets cost SpaceX noticeably less than their commercial pricing.
SpaceX posted a Q1 2023 profit of $55 million on $1.5 billion in revenue
And the spend about $2 billion on Starship per year.
So $6 billion in, $2 billion on Starship, $4 billion in other costs.
In 2022 they launched 61 times, which is $65 million per launch on average, they charge $67 million per launch.
They got $2 billion from NASA for 2022.
In 2022 they launched 3 crewed missions, 2 for NASA and 1 private.
They don't charge for their own launches.
They got $4 billion from Starlink users, that should cover it
when they spend a launch on their own stuff, they lose out on opportunity cost
no because there are not enough clients