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Let's assume #Europe 馃嚜馃嚭 is successful and reaches a cadence of 10 launches per year 馃槀 with the #Ariane6 rocket. One-tenth of the annual subsidy is $35 million. One-hundredth of the development cost is $40 million.

Therefore, European #taxpayers are subsidizing every launch of #satellites for Jeff #Bezos by roughly $75 million 馃挵 https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/oops-it-looks-like-the-ariane-6-rocket-may-not-offer-europe-any-launch-savings/#page-2

#Amazon#Kuiper

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#Arianespace currently has a backlog of 30 #Ariane6 launches, 18 of which are for #Amazon鈥檚 #Kuiper constellation https://europeanspaceflight.com/arianespace-secures-three-ariane-6-launch-deals-in-two-days

#European 馃嚜馃嚭 #taxpayers are subsidizing every launch 馃殌 of #satellites for #JeffBezos by roughly $75 million 馃挵馃挵馃挵馃挵馃挵馃挵馃挵 https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/oops-it-looks-like-the-ariane-6-rocket-may-not-offer-europe-any-launch-savings/#page-2