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Commentators compare Starship payload and launch economics
Claim
The issue cites estimates that a full 60-satellite Starship load equals roughly 20 Falcon 9 launches and its partial payload did about $150 million of Falcon 9 work against a projected $5–10 million vehicle cost.
Reported metric: 60 V3s; 20 Falcon 9 launches; ~$150M; $5-10M
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