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SpaceX appears to be competitive even without reusing the first stage:

At its 2013 launch price and at full LEO payload capacity, the Falcon 9 v1.1 cost $1,864 per pound ($4,109/kg).

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9#Launch_prices

From TFA:

The cost was roughly $1,727 per kilogram, adjusting for inflation. By comparison, Nasa estimates that it costs $22,000 per kilogram to launch a modern satellite into orbit using conventional rockets.



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