How much did Soil Moisture Active Passive cost to build?
Soil Moisture Active Passive is a NASA Science Mission Directorate project that the NASA Office of Inspector General lists as 'SMAP' in its September 2015 audit of the joint cost and schedule confidence level process, with a baseline of September 2012, a project life-cycle cost of 917 million dollars and an actual or expected launch in January 2015. Its actual development cost was 479 million dollars against a 486 million baseline.
Published project estimate
$917 million
Cost basis: 2012
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Published project estimate2012
Project record
Opened or launched
NASA Office of Inspector General (IG-15-024)2015