How much did Deep Space Climate Observatory cost to build?
The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) is the NOAA and NASA spacecraft at the Sun-Earth L1 point that observes space weather and the sunlit Earth, built as Triana in the 1990s, held in storage for almost a decade, refurbished by NOAA and NASA and launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 on 11 February 2015. SpacePolicyOnline reported on 18 December 2014 that a program official put the total cost of DSCOVR from all the partners over all the years, including storage, refurbishment and launch, at 340 million dollars.
Reported project cost
$340 million
Cost basis: 2014
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spacepolicyonline.com11 February 2015