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Noosfractal: /* Earth to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) */
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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Earth to Low Earth Orbit (LEO)</span></span></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>For economic purposes, transport from Earth to interesting solar system locations may be considered in stages.<br />
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== Earth to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) == <br />
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Three economic targets are considered:<br />
# Minimum cost to LEO, with negotiable payload.<br />
# Maximum payload to LEO, with negotiable cost.<br />
# Minimum cost per kg, with negotiable individual launch cost and payload.<br />
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{| border="1" cellpadding="5" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;"<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
| '''Cost'''<br />
| '''Payload'''<br />
| '''$/kg'''<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="4" | '''Today'''<br />
|-<br />
| Delta II (US)<br />
| $45M<br />
| 5.1 tons<br />
| $9300/kg<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
|-<br />
| Space Shuttle (US)<br />
| $270M<br />
| 24.4 tons<br />
| $11000/kg<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
|-<br />
| Ikar-1 (Russia)<br />
| $6M<br />
| 4.2 tons<br />
| $1900/kg<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
|-<br />
| Proton (Russia)<br />
| $50M<br />
| 20.9 tons<br />
| $2900/kg<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="4" | '''Near Future'''<br />
| '''Invest. Req.'''<br />
|-<br />
| Falcon 1 (SpaceX)<br />
| $6.7M<br />
| 0.57 tons<br />
| $11700/kg<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
|-<br />
| Falcon 9 - S9 (SpaceX)<br />
| $78M<br />
| 24.7 tons<br />
| $3200/kg<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
|-<br />
| Energia (Russia)<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
| 88 tons<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
| &nbsp;<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="4" | '''Far Future'''<br />
| '''Invest. Req.'''<br />
|-<br />
| Space Elevator<br />
| $40M<br />
| 20 tons<br />
| $2/kg<br />
| $100B<br />
|}<br />
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<br>&nbsp;<br />
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== LEO to Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) == <br />
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== LEO to L1 == <br />
<br />
== LEO to Luna ==<br />
<br />
=== LEO to Luna Transfer Orbit (LTO) === <br />
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=== LTO to Low Luna Orbit (LLO) === <br />
<br />
=== L1 to LLO === <br />
<br />
=== LLO to Luna === <br />
<br />
== LEO to Mars ==<br />
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=== LEO to Mars Transfer Orbit (MTO) ===<br />
<br />
=== L1 to MTO ===<br />
<br />
=== MTO to Low Mars Orbit (LMO) ===<br />
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=== LMO to Mars === <br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[The Fundamentals of space Travel]]</div>
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