00:00Let's take a sober look at the flights. Up to now, there have only been a relatively small
00:05number of Falcon Heavy missions. Many of them for the US Space Force, the National Reconnaissance
00:11Office or NASA probes. These are high-priced missions. A single heavy launch can bring in
00:16between 120 and 300 million dollars, depending on the customer and the mission. Sometimes even
00:23significantly more for government contracts. That sounds like a lot? It's still less than
00:28the half a billion launch price of the Delta IV Heavy. So for the Pentagon, it's a bargain.
00:34If you do a rough calculation, several billion in revenue over its entire lifetime is quite plausible.
00:40But the Falcon Heavy is not a cash cow like the Falcon 9. If we look at the current flight
00:46rate,
00:47a clear picture emerges. The Falcon Heavy only flies a few missions per year. If Starship becomes
00:52operational as planned, that could mean that the Falcon Heavy will remain active for a few more
00:58years until Starship is fully certified.
01:01Falcon Heavy is perfectly certified.
01:02We'll see you next time.
01:06You
