{"id":31396,"date":"2024-01-13T18:32:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T23:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=31396"},"modified":"2024-01-13T19:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:26:09","slug":"chinas-record-breaking-gravity-1-rocket-aces-amazing-debut-launch-from-ship-at-sea-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=31396","title":{"rendered":"China’s record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket aces amazing debut launch from ship at sea (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The first flight of Orienspace’s Gravity-1 rocket was quite a sight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: China’s record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket aces amazing debut launch from ship at sea (video)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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would be insteresting to see cost\/kg delivered to orbit; woder if spacex’s reusability makes it cheaper; sounds like a job for ChatGPT<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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so tried ChatGPT<\/a>; got this table after a few minutes; would be interesting to check these numbers against other sources, since the ml shouldn’t be taken as correct. note that this table was just a c&p from the ChatGPT results. fucking amazeballs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rocket<\/th>Launch Provider<\/th>Cost per Kilogram to LEO (USD)<\/th>Payload to LEO (Tonnes)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Falcon 9<\/td>SpaceX<\/td>~$2,720<\/td>22.8<\/td><\/tr>
Falcon Heavy<\/td>SpaceX<\/td>~$1,900<\/td>64<\/td><\/tr>
Atlas V<\/td>United Launch Alliance (ULA)<\/td>~$12,000<\/td>18<\/td><\/tr>
Delta IV Heavy<\/td>United Launch Alliance (ULA)<\/td>~$17,000<\/td>28.8<\/td><\/tr>
Ariane 5<\/td>Arianespace<\/td>~$12,000<\/td>21<\/td><\/tr>
Gravity 1<\/td>Chinese Authorities<\/td>TBD<\/td>6.5<\/td><\/tr>
Gravity 2<\/td>Chinese Authorities<\/td>TBD<\/td>26.5<\/td><\/tr>
Gravity 3<\/td>Chinese Authorities<\/td>TBD<\/td>30.6<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

it also pastes perfectly into Google Sheets<\/a>, too! ~2 minutes finaggling the formatting and I get this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The alleged rocket launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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