How much does a Soyuz launch cost and how much is funded by NASA/ESA for the international space station?
In 2006 – Soyuz ST launch cost was 61 MIL USD while that of Soyuz U was 48 mil USD
Launch Vehicle / Cost per Launch (1992 Mil USD) [4] / Cost per Launch(2003 Mil USD)*
Energiya (Russia) [4] / 120 / 154
Shuttle Derivative
(Shuttle-C) (USA) [8] / 750?? (price per shuttle launch) / 750?? (price per shuttle launch)
Atlas V (USA) [5] / ??? / ???
Delta IV Heavy (USA) [6] / ??? / ???
Proton (Russia) [7] / 59 – 82 / 75 – 105
Arienne 5 (ESA) [4] / 118 – 130 / 151 – 166
Zenit (Russia) [4] / 77 – 82 / 99 – 105
H2 (Japan) [9] / 157 / 177
Stanford SsTO / 9 / 11.5
Long March-2F (China) [10] / N/A / N/A
Soyuz (Russia) [4] / 18 / 23
marsproject.stanford.edu/docs/vehicles_brief.ppt
FY 2009: The NASA budget includes $5.78 billion for the space shuttle and space station programs
NASA's 2007 budget request lists costs for the ISS (without Shuttle costs) as $25.6 billion for the years 1994 to 2005. For each of 2005 and 2006 about $1.7 to 1.8 billion are allocated to the ISS program. The annual expenses will increase until 2010 when they will reach $2.3 billion and should then stay at the same level, however inflation-adjusted, until 2016, the defined end of the program. NASA has allocated between $300 and 500 million for program shutdown costs in 2017.
2005 ISS budget allocation
NASA allocates about 125 million US dollars (USD) annually to EVAs.
The $1.8 billion expensed in 2005 consisted of:
- Development of new hardware: $70 million were allocated to core development, for instance development of systems like navigation, data support or environmental.
- Spacecraft Operations: $800 million consisting of $125 million for each of software, extravehicular activity systems, and logistics and maintenance. An additional $150 million is spent on flight, avionics and crew systems. The rest of $250 million goes to overall ISS management.
- Launch and Mission operations: Although the Shuttle launch costs are not considered part of the ISS budget, mission and mission integration ($300 million), medical support ($25 million) and Shuttle launch site processing ($125 million) is within the ISS budget.
- Operations Program Integration: $350 million was spent on maintaining and sustaining U.S. flight and ground hardware and software to ensure integrity of the ISS design and the continuous, safe operability.
ISS cargo/crew: $140 million was spent for purchase of supplies, cargo and crew capability for Progress and Soyuz flights.
are any other vehicles besides the U.S. Space Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz and Progress vehicles currently or in the next two years capable of docking with the ISS?
The European Automated Transfer Vehicle is a new generation of unpiloted cargo carriers designed to supply the International Space Station with liquid and dry cargo as well as gases. It has a substantially greater cargo capacity than the Russian Progress cargo carrier that has proven itself a reliable workhorse.
The three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules, or MPLMs, which were built by the Italian Space Agency, are pressurized modules that serve as the International Space Station's "moving vans," carrying equipment, experiments and supplies to and from the Station aboard the Space Shuttle.
How many Soyuz flights/year are required to sustain the ISS and rotate crews without the space shuttle (compared to now, with it)?
Station resupply events -
There also appears to be a launch arrangement for Soyuz being set up in French Guiana at the ESA launch facility there. Is that simply a new launch point (i.e. still reliant on Russian-built Soyuz capsules, etc?) or will rockets, etc. also be built there?
Soyuz in Guiana projectOctober 2001 / 1st officiel project talk between France and Russia
December 2002 / Russian experts visit French Guiana
May 2003 / ESA resolution concerning European-Russian cooperation on future launch vehicles and construction of Soyuz launch pad in French Guiana
July 2003 / Forest-clearing work begins
July 2003 / France presents results of preliminary definition review
November 2003 / France and Russia sign intergovernmental agreement to launch Soyuz from the CSG
December 2004 / end of subscription period; France guarantees loan of €121 million
April 2005 / Arianespace-Roskosmos sign development contract
July 2005 / ESA-CNES agreement on Soyuz in Guiana project
October 2005 / French-Russian agreement concerning Russia’s use of the CSG and call for contributions from ESA member states
27 February 2007 / Inauguration of work on the Soyuz launch site at Sinnamary
2008 / Delivery of ground segment equipment and start of joint work with Russia
2009 / 1st qualification flight
France has been cooperating with Russia in space since 1966 and initiated the Soyuz in Guiana project through CNES in the early 2000s. Seven other European nations—Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and Switzerland— have joined the programme, for which CNES is prime contractor.
Esa is overseeing the programme and Arianespace is launch operator.
The programme’s2 chief objectives are to:
- Round out the range of commercial launchers operated by Arianespace. Soyuz will offer medium-lift launch services, filling the gap between the Vega light launcher (lift capacity: 300kg to 2t) and the Ariane5 heavy-lift launcher (lift capacity: 5.9 to 10t).
- Develop space cooperation with Russia. The Soyuz in Guiana programme is part of a long-term strategy to ensure Europe’s independent access to space.
After the 1st flight scheduled in 2009, at least 2 Soyuz flights a year are planned over the next 10 years.
To prepare for Soyuz’s arrival in French Guiana, a new launch complex is being built at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG). The Soyuz 2-1-a is also being adapted to the Kourou launch pad and teams are taking part in development of Soyuz 2-1-b.
As many as 50 Soyuz launches were expected from Kourou over a 15-year period, with three-four Soyuz missions annually, before the first refurbishment of the launch complex would be required.
On November 7, 2003, the Russian and French governments formally agreed to bring Soyuz to Kourou. Around the same time, geological and topographic surveys began at the site selected for Soyuz in Guiana, some 13 kilometers northwest of the Ariane launch complex.
The construction site of the Soyuz launch base in French Guiana was officially opened on February 26, 2007. By the end of spring 2008, the main elements of the Soyuz launch complex infrastructure, including the launch control center and the launch pad, were largely completed and ready for installation of Russian equipment. On March 27, 2008, a Soyuz consultation committee met in French Guiana to review the readiness of the site for the arrival of the Russian team. (281) On June 4, 2008, the committee met in Moscow, officially delaying the beginning of the launch pad system installation by the Russian team to August 2008.
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Comparative Known Launch Vehicle Costs and Prices
All prices adjusted to 2006 US$ using Consumer Price Index
Ariane 1-3 / 28 / 3622 / 60
Ariane 4 / 116 / 3774 / 100 / Development cost may have included Ariane 1-3 development.
Ariane 5 / 31 / 9848 / 211
Atlas A-F / 381 / 15196 / 12 / 68 / Development cost and flyaway cost total for Atlas A through F (ICBM's). Launch price for refurbished ICBM's.
Atlas I / 11 / 710 / 102 / Development cost for Atlas I/II series.
Atlas II / 10 / 116
Atlas IIA / 23 / 122
Atlas IIAS / 30 / 143
Atlas III / 6 / 397 / 127
Atlas V / 147 / Launch price for Atlas V 401 model
Long March Series (Price Only)
CZ-1D / 7 / 16
CZ-2A / 1 / 27
CZ-2C / 28 / 30
CZ-2D / 7 / 18
CZ-2E / 7 / 61
CZ-3 / 13 / 48
CZ-3A / 10 / 67
CZ-3B / 7 / 85
CZ-3C / 2 / 91
CZ-4A / 2 / 41
CZ-4B / 10 / 42
Delta/Thor Series
Thor / 224 / 5 / 9
Thor Able / 16 / 17
Thor Able-Star / 19 / 24
Thor Agena A / 16 / 20
Thor Agena B / 45 / 26
Thor Agena D / 82 / 37
Thor Burner / 24 / 22
Thorad Agena D SLV-2H / 43 / 42
Delta A-C / 24 / 18
Delta D-G / 27 / 26
Delta J-N / 25 / 35
Delta 0100 / 5 / 47
Delta 1000 / 8 / 50
Delta 2000 / 44 / 53
Delta 3000 / 38 / 54 / 72
Delta 4000/5000 / 3 / 64
Delta 6000 / 17 / 65
Delta 7000 / 107 / 73
Delta 3 / 3 / 109
Delta IV Medium / 5 / 142
Delta IV Heavy / 1 / 271
Delta IV Medium+ (4.2) / 147 / Development cost is USAF portion only in cost-sharing arrangement for all Delta IV models. The original USAF order was for 19 Delta IV launches at a total price of $ 1.38 billion ($72 million each). The estimated launch price in 1999 was $95 million. Due
Delta IV Medium+ (5.2) / 160 / The originally estimated launch price in 1999 was $100 million.
Delta IV Medium+ (5.4) / 171 / The originally estimated launch price in 1999 was $110 million.
GSLV / 4 / 605 / 54
H-1 / 9 / 139
H-2 / 7 / 2846 / 259 / Development cost includes $ 800 million spent on LE-7 engine development.
H-2A / 10 / 969 / 109 / Price for H-2A 2022 (2 SSB's)
J-1 / 1 / 129 / 58
Jupiter / 98 / 590 / 5 / 20 / Development cost, flyaway cost is for Jupiter IRBM.
Kosmos 11K65M / 437 / 14
Minuteman 1 / 925 / 14278 / 9
Minuteman 2 / 668 / 9221 / 9
Minuteman 3 / 830 / 13420 / 14
M-V / 7 / 276 / 73
Navaho G-26 / 11 / 5041 / 35 / Development cost is for all versions.
Peacekeeper / 226 / 16863 / 119
Pegasus / 11 / 67 / 15
Pegasus XL / 28 / 16
Taurus / 8 / 24
Polaris A1-A3 / 1092 / 15056 / 9 / Development + flyaway costs for Polaris A-1,-2,-3.
Poseidon / 640 / 6005 / 11
Proton / 35 / 68
Proton / Block DM / 286 / 95
PSLV / 8 / 36
R-29 / 512 / 1 / Launch price for Dnepr.
Redstone / 120 / 686 / 14
Rokot / 11 / 18
Saturn I / 10 / 5524 / 459
Saturn IB / 9 / 6417 / 646 / J-2 engine development cost included with Saturn V.
Saturn V / 13 / 46314 / 2603
Scout G / 17 / 16
Shavit / 6 / 18
Shuttle / 116 / 33617 / 107 / 418 / Shuttle has high fixed costs and low marginal costs. Cost per mission dependent on rate. Flyaway cost is marginal cost for extra mission. Launch cost is cost per flight at 6 per year.
Snark / 30 / 3010 / 10
Soyuz U / 853 / 48
Soyuz ST / 19 / 61
Start / 1 / 13
Tier One / 1 / 32 / 0.08 / Privately-funded.
Titan 1 / 155 / 11198 / 10
Titan 2 / 131 / 2637 / 17 / 46 / Cost per launch of refurbished ICBM's
Titan 3A / 4 / 58
Titan 3B / 70 / 47
Titan 3C / 36 / 125
Titan 3D / 22 / 98
Titan 3E / 7 / 136
Titan 34D / 19 / 237
Titan 4 / 22 / 13600 / 168 / 503 / Titan IV development contract was $ 15.8 billion, including 40 launch vehicles and 39 launches.
Titan 4B / 17 / 158 / 523 / There is little reported difference between the launch cost for the Centaur and IUS upper stage versions.
Trident C-4 / 630 / 7041 / 19
Trident D-5 / 857 / 16121 / 28
Tsyklon 2 / 106 / 16
Tsyklon 3 / 121 / 20
V-2 / 6084 / 23318 / 0.23
Vanguard / 12 / 423 / 11
VLS / 5 / 463 / 10
Zenit-2 / 37 / 61
Zenit-3SL / 23 / 109