A Case Study in NASA-DoD - The Black Vault

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Table A-1
SPACECRAFT COSTS--NOMINAL CASE
($ millions)
Maximum AEM and L-AEM-BL altitude = 1000 n mi
AEM and L-AEM-BL orientation - Earth only
Payloads 114 228
Payloads/spacecraft 13 r 6 13 1I 6
Spacecraft Type
Cost
AEM 2.3 6.8 11.4 16.0
STPSS
Nonrecurring 22.9 22.9 26.9 26.9
Spin .... 26.2 40.5
Low-cost 57.1 90.7 67.8 110.9
Precision 35.0 34.3 41.8 47.5
Total 117 155 174 242
AEM 2.3 9.1 11.4 20.5
MKS 108.8 162.5 155.6 251.1
Total 111 172 167 272
STPSS
Nonrecurring 22.9 22.9 26.9 26.9
Spin .... 20.0 41.6
Low-cost 62.5 109.6 88.4 150.1
Precision 34.5 34.2 43.6 52.1
Total 120 167 179 271
MKS 117 190 176 297
L-AEM
Nonrecurring 9.8 9.8 11.3 11.3
Spin .... 14.3 31.1
Precision 86.9 123.9 108.9 168.3
Total 97 134 135 211
L-AEM
Nonrecurring 11.9 11.9 14.5 14.5
Baseline 20.4 29.6 19.0 31.4
Spin .... 15.2 32.4
Precision 29.5 28.7 33.1 36.5
STPSS
Nonrecurring 18.4 18.4 18.4 18.4
Low-cost 41.5 73 63.5 106.2
Total 122 162 164 239