How much did Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 cost to build?
Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 is a NASA Science Mission Directorate project that the NASA Office of Inspector General lists as 'OCO-2' in its September 2015 audit of the joint cost and schedule confidence level process, with a baseline of January 2013, a project life-cycle cost of 468 million dollars and an actual or expected launch in July 2014. Its actual development cost was 329 million dollars against a 249 million baseline.
Published project estimate
$468 million
Cost basis: 2013
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Published project estimate2013
Project record
Opened or launched
NASA Office of Inspector General (IG-15-024)2014