Costs associated with rocket launches

Keith Wetzel AKA Space Cadet wrote:

I few weeks back I was searching on various launchers and ran across
this site

http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata/elvs/elvs.shtml


The site's info is way out of date, as note the page on the Avrora
launch vehicle: http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedat...rora_sum.shtml

"Australia's Asia Pacific Space Centre (ASPC). APSC has joined with
Rosviakosmos, RSC Energia, Samara Central Specialized Design Bureau and
Progress Plant (TsSKB-Progress) and the Design Bureau of General Machine
Building (KBOM). No technology or license on the production of rockets
and spacecraft will be offered to the Australian partners. No Russian
government funds will be invested in the venture.

The Avrora flight tests will be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome. The
first commercial launch out of Australia’s Christmas Island is planned
for the last quarter of 2003. After introduction, manufacturing and
launch rates are projected to ramp up to as many as 15 launches per year
by 2006."

Never happened; no Avrora, no launch pad, no launches.

Pat