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Can anyone compete with SpaceX?

Lol keep dreaming any respectable space organisation can do what spacex is doing , they don't because its needs more funds , spacex has only 1 angle, unlike the others.
I would say to your comment:lol::rofl:, what is the Budget of ISRO and compare with SpaceX,, they have a contract from NASA, US military, and thy are planning to land lander for Europa in future, and whats your:p:
 
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you are nowhere near spaceX in the term technology and resources:disagree:

ISRO is far more diverse portfolio than SpaceX, which is a launch service provider

Anyway, it does seem that we can compete on launchers, given this.

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Are you an absolute idiot or do you do this just to annoy people ?

SpaceX don't have to build communication/ Earth observation satellites or undertake Space Science missions by itself. They are a launch service provider like Arianespace/ Airbus Safran.
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I would say to your comment:lol::rofl:, what is the Budget of ISRO and compare with SpaceX,, they have a contract from NASA, US military, and thy are planning to land lander for Europa in future, and whats your:p:

What are you laughing about spacex funds are about 1 billion $ , lower than India, china , Europe.

isro have contracted dozens of nations , we made 5 billion $ of profit in 5 years by launching satellites for others.

ISRO is planning put orbiters on Venus , sun & mars and a lander on the moon in the next 5 years.
 
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What are you laughing about spacex funds are about 1 billion $ , lower than India, china , Europe.

isro have contracted dozens of nations , we made 5 billion $ of profit in 5 years by launching satellites for others.

ISRO is planning put orbiters on Venus , sun & mars and a lander on the moon in the next 5 years.
Than talk then:enjoy:
 
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ISRO is far more diverse portfolio than SpaceX, which is a launch service provider

Anyway, it does seem that we can compete on launchers, given this.

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PSLV is designed launch small satellites and a lot of micro satellites. Falcon 9 isn't even competing against that...I shouldn't have mentioned PSLV.

GSLV Mk III costs how much?? I would guess $40 to $50 million?? which is indeed cheaper than Falcon 9 FT, but it can only lift 4tonnes to GTO compared to Falcon 9 5.5 tonnes reusable, that 1.5 tonne difference is huge since a lot of satellites are in the 4.1 to 5.5 tonnes range.
 
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Falcon 9 isn't even competing against that...I shouldn't have mentioned PSLV.

GSLV Mk III costs how much?? I would guess $40 to $50 million?? which is indeed cheaper than Falcon 9 FT, but it can only lift 4tonnes to GTO compared to Falcon 9 5.5 tonnes reusable, that 1.5 tonne difference is huge since a lot of satellites are in the 4.1 to 5.5 tonnes range.

Falcon 9 costs little more than $60 billion, whereas LVM 3 (4.5 tonne to GTO) costs around $40 million.
 
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Falcon 9 costs little more than $60 billion, whereas LVM 3 (4.5 tonne to GTO) costs around $40 million.

Falcon 9 can do 5.5 tonnes GTO reusable or 8.3 tonnes expendable. a lot of commercial satellites are above the 4.5 tonnes GTO so LV3 isn't powerful enought. take for instance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SES-10 5.3 tonnes...LV3 simply isn't powerful enough.

reusable Falcon 9 get's a -10% discount as of right now, so that right there get's you $54 million dollars. 5.5 tonnes for $54 million is very competitive. think China charges like $70 million for LM3B and ProtonM+ is around that price as well if not more.

Falcon 9 block 5 is coming by the end of the year with 7% more thrust so the reusable GTO is probably more like 5.8 tonnes, and it's being improved it make it cheaper and faster to refurbish

if Elon can get the Falcon 9 block 5 reusable down to $45 million by 2019 that'll be yuuuuuuuuuge
 
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