How much did CloudSat cost to build?
CloudSat is the NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder satellite carrying a 94 GHz cloud-profiling radar, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched on 28 April 2006 together with CALIPSO into a 705 km sun-synchronous orbit. The NASA launch press kit of 2006 gives the CloudSat cost as NASA 185 million dollars, plus contributions of an estimated 15 million from the Canadian Space Agency, 5 million from the US Air Force and an estimated 12 million from the Department of Energy.
Reported project cost
$185 million
Cost basis: 2006
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost2006
Project record
Opened or launched
NASA/JPL press kit28 April 2006