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It is estimated that a single satellite launch can range in cost from a low of about $50 million to a high of about $400 million. Launching a space shuttle mission can easily cost $500 million dollars, although one mission is capable of carrying multiple satellites and send them into orbit.
1 Answer. Quora User, a satellite phones expert. 2.8k Views. It is absolutely possible to build a private network of satellites -- the majority of the world's satellite operators are not owned by a government (GPS, of course, is indeed a US government operation).ame applies to low-and mid-orbit constellations such as Iridium and Globalstar. For example, Iridium will pay $2.9 billion for 81 next generation satellites (~$35 million per each) and $500+ million to launch 72 of them, so the total cost of the space segment only is around $3.5 billion.