re: #344 Sionainn

Okay, if you insist on adding the costs of launching the new satellite, we can do that. New satellites use new technology which is going to cost considerably more money than that thousands saved in the launch of that new satellite.

I see the contention, again, but I’m not seeing anything to back it up. One more link suggesting that the costs are not rising at all but in fact dropping:

space.com

PARIS - A 10-year forecast of satellite and launcher markets has good news and bad news for hardware manufacturers: There will be many more satellites to build and launch, but the average manufacturing and launch price will increase only marginally, if at all, and may even drop after accounting for inflation.