The SpaceX price list came the line "delivery of cargo to Mars" Bashny.Net

The company SpaceX has published a price list with fixed rates for cargo lift rocket Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, starting from 2018 year.





Standard fixed rate on the launch of the carrier rocket Falcon 9, is $ 62 million, on the Falcon Heavy - $ 90 million

. Maximum payload of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy is listed in the price list. For a low earth orbit is 22, 8 and 54, 4 tons, respectively. For geosynchronous transfer orbit - 8, 3 and 22, 2 tons. The cargo to Mars - 4, 02 and 13, 6 tons. Pluto - 2, 9 tons

. It is assumed that the delivery of cargo to Mars, Pluto or elsewhere booster raises not only the payload but also spacecraft that drag the goods from the earth into the target orbit. For example, such a device for delivering the rover Curiosity on Mars weighed several tons. It takes more fuel and its acceleration and deceleration.

At the conclusion of a contract for a few starts provided "reasonable" prices.

Standard fare Falcon 9 is effective at lifting up to 5, 5 metric tons of cargo to geosynchronous transfer orbit for Falcon Heavy - up to 8 metric tons

. SpaceX also offers services for the delivery of astronauts on the ISS or to an arbitrary point in low-Earth orbit.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/275158/