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How much did Ionospheric Connection Explorer cost?

Ionospheric Connection Explorer is a NASA Science Mission Directorate project that the NASA Office of Inspector General lists as 'ICON' in its September 2015 audit of the joint cost and schedule confidence level process, with a baseline of October 2014, a project life-cycle cost of 253 million dollars and an actual or expected launch in October 2017.

Published project estimate

$253 million

Cost basis: 2014

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Published project estimate2014
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