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-64-<br />

payload weight<br />

shuttle orbital capacity<br />

x $15.4 million<br />

plus a service charge of $1 million; an allocation of only half the<br />

shuttle cost plus a service charge; and, a service charge only.<br />

Kick Stages<br />

A variety of solid propellant kick stages were required, and to<br />

simplify the task of assign<strong>in</strong>g a cost to each kick stage a simple<br />

cost-estimat<strong>in</strong>g relationship was derived from the cost of several<br />

exist<strong>in</strong>g stages:<br />

C = 2900 W "<br />

where C = stage cost <strong>in</strong> 1976 dollars, and<br />

W = stage weight (lb).<br />

Where the IUS was used, a cost of $4.3 million was charged.

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