I have no inside knowledge, but I&#x27;d suspect Orbcomm paid next to nothing for this launch.<p>Between &quot;You&#x27;ll be the first launch since the last one... You know, that one with a small anomaly...&quot; and fact that this was the first launch of a new version of the falcon 9 (with slightly different engines, cooler&#x2F;more pressurized O2), I know that if I were negociating for Orbcomm, I&#x27;d ask spaceX to cross the last digit on their bill (and probably have a much more expensive insurance policy in return).<p>And to delay a _commercial_ launch in order to accommodate weather for the _landing_ ? AFAIK, that&#x27;s another world&#x27;s first in history and I think that tells a lot on the underlying story.<p>Don&#x27;t get me wrong, this is an amazing achievement, and the economics of it don&#x27;t really matter when it comes to the technical prowess