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== Pricing == SpaceX quoted Falcon 1 launch prices as being the same for all customers.<ref name="falconpricing">SpaceX, [http://www.spacex.com/falcon1.php#pricing_and_performance Falcon 1 Overview: Pricing and Performance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118140101/http://www.spacex.com/falcon1.php |date=January 18, 2012 }} (website viewed August 31, 2010)</ref> In 2005 Falcon 1 was advertised as costing $5.9 million ($9.5 million when adjusted for inflation in 2025).<ref name="un20060101" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%245900000+in+2005+dollars |title=$5900000 in 2005 dollars |date=March 17, 2025 |publisher=Wolfram Alpha}}</ref> In 2006 until 2007 the quoted price of the rocket when operational was $6.7 million.<ref>{{cite news |first=Tariq|last=Malik|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060324_spacex_failure.html |title=SpaceX's Inaugural Falcon 1 Rocket Lost Just After Launch |date=March 24, 2006 |publisher=Space.com}}</ref> In late 2009 SpaceX announced new prices for the Falcon 1 and 1e at $7 million and $8.5 million respectively, with small discounts available for multi-launch contracts,<ref name="SpaceX Falcon1" /> and in 2012 announced that payloads originally selected as flying on the Falcon 1 and 1e would fly as secondary payloads on the Falcon 9.<ref name="F1-retired"/> Historically, the Falcon 1 was originally planned to launch about {{convert|600|kg}} to low-Earth orbit for {{currency|6000000|US}} but later declined to approximately {{convert|420|kg}} as the price increased to approximately {{currency|9000000|US}}. It was SpaceX's offering intended to open up the [[smallsat]] [[Space launch market competition|launch market to competition]]. The final version of the Falcon 1, the Falcon 1e,<ref>Jessy Xavier, "[http://www.oregonherald.com/news/show-story.cfm?story=&id=334654 Europes First Vega Rocket Blasts Off Successfully] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181610/http://www.oregonherald.com/news/show-story.cfm?story=&id=334654 |date=2014-04-16 }}," Oregon Herald, February 13, 2012</ref> was projected to provide approximately {{convert|1000|kg|lb|abbr=on}} for US$11 million. <blockquote>Several years ago, SpaceX was going to open up the smallsat launch market with the Falcon 1, which originally was to launch about 600 kilograms to LEO for $6 million; the payload capacity later declined to about {{Cvt|420|kg}} as the price increased to around $9 million. Later, the Falcon 1e was to provide approximately {{Cvt|1000|kg|lb}} for $11 million, but the company withdrew the vehicle from the market, citing limited demand.<ref name=nsj20120711> {{cite news |title=Virgin Galactic relaunches its smallsat launch business |url=http://www.newspacejournal.com/2012/07/11/virgin-galactic-relaunches-its-smallsat-launch-business/ |access-date=2012-07-11 |newspaper=NewSpace Journal |date=2012-07-12 |quote=''Several years ago, SpaceX was going to open up the smallsat launch market with the Falcon 1, which originally was to launch about 600 kilograms to LEO for $6 million; the payload capacity later declined to about 420 kilograms as the price increased to around $9 million. Later, the Falcon 1e was to provide approximately 1,000 kilograms for $11 million, but the company withdrew the vehicle from the market, citing limited demand.'' }}</ref></blockquote>
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