[wcoenen]

> The Chinese satellite was designed and built at a cost of $8 million, with China paying around $6 million of the capsule’s price

It is odd that the article mentions these details about the satellite cost, but then completely ignores the much larger cost of the launch itself, which should be on the order of $50M.

edit: apparantly it was a rideshare with 9 satellites total. https://www.space.com/china-long-march-4b-rocket-launches-9-...

[rory096]

It's a 70kg satellite. Would have to be a rideshare, not a primary payload.