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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by agildehaus on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @01:28AM (#19679973)
SpaceX keeps rockets other customers "paid" for after they've landed (the customer pays for the flight, not the rocket). They've amassed a fleet they never had to pay a dime to construct.

I believe they have eight block 5 Falcon 9s that landed successfully. More if you count previous generations, but those likely won't be reused.

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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by fyfy18 on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @01:37AM (#19680014)
Does the price of a launch completely cover the cost of construction (excluding R&D)?
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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by usrusr on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @02:03AM (#19680125)
It does, for the competition, and there is no reason for SpaceX to go much lower as long as they don't build excessive overcapacity that needs to be filled.
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Re:SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation construction begins by nickik on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @05:41AM (#19681093)
Yes. They actually improved a lot of rocket construction and that's why they were cheaper then everybody else BEFORE re-usability. Now re-usability they just increase the profit.

Until somebody else challenges their price, they can get huge profit from every launch.

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