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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by Symbiote on Thursday September 01, 2016 @11:05AM (#12405794)
Is that the manufacturing cost, or does it include the development cost?

Making another should be cheaper than making the first one; and this is Amos-6 -- how different is it from Amos-5?

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Re:A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded at Cape Canaveral by AdrianoKF on Thursday September 01, 2016 @11:17AM (#12405916)
Judging by the Wikipedia articles, Amos-5 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos-5) and Amos-6 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos-6) use entirely different satellite buses.

Amos-5 uses the Russian-built Ekspress 1000H, while Amos-6 is only the second satellite to use the Israeli AMOS 4000.

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