[GeoStL] GPS 2003 budget
- From: "John Kinder" <jkinder@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 22:40:42 -0600
Ever wonder what it costs to maintain GPS and keep it working? No, I'm not
talking about the cost of AA batteries for your receiver, but what it costs
taxpayers to keep those satellites flying, in proper orbital slots, building
and launching replacements, and research to build better next generation
satellites.
The current GPS program (under the Department of Defense) has a $571 million
budget this year (everything they asked for - without any cuts), allocated as:
$296M for Research, development, testing & evaluation for newer/better/next
generation satellites
$237.5M for producing more (replacemement) satellites
$24M for Operations & Maintenance
$13.5M for misc. items including computers on the ground to control the
satellites
Meanwhile, WAAS, which is a FAA project, received a slight budget cut from
$110.5M to $98.9M because they haven't been able to get additional WAAS
satellites up there as quickly as previously planned, and therefore don't need
additional budget to operate them.
Source: GPSWorld magazine
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