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I'd like to know people's opinions on India's cheap new rocket, as detailed in this article. The latest mission only cost $15 million USD, and:
With each new mission, the PSLV's lifting capabilities have been enhanced from a 40 kg payload in a 1980 launch until its present capacity to either place a three-tonne satellite in low-earth orbit or put a 1,050 (kg?) satellite like Wednesday's METSAT into high geo-synchronous orbit.
Now, is it me or is this pretty cheap?
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It's definately cheap as far as small payloads go but I don't know if it would be economical for a mission with a lot of tonnage. If that thing can only lift three tonnes to LEO you'd need 30+ launches just to put a modest 100 ton Mars Direct type infrastructure into orbit.
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