How much did Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite cost?
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is a NASA Science Mission Directorate project that the NASA Office of Inspector General lists as 'TESS' 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 378 million dollars and an actual or expected launch in June 2018.
Published project estimate
$378 million
Cost basis: 2014
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Published project estimate2014
Project record
Opened or launched
NASA Office of Inspector General (IG-15-024)2018