What is the approved budget of Compton Spectrometer and Imager?
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is the NASA Small Explorer gamma-ray space telescope led by John Tomsick of the University of California, Berkeley, selected on 18 October 2021 to chart the evolution of the Milky Way, with launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 targeted for August 2027. NASA's selection announcement said the mission will cost approximately 145 million dollars, not including launch costs.
Approved budget
$145 million
Cost basis: 2021
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Cost record
How the cost changed
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Approved budget
2021$145 million
spacenews.comOriginal budget
$273.3 million
U.S. Government Accountability OfficeProject record