What does the Cassini-Huygens mission cost?
The total cost of the Cassini-Huygens mission is about $3.26 billion, including $1.4 billion for pre-launch development, $704 million for mission operations, $54 million for tracking and $422 million for the launch vehicle. The U.S. contributed $ 2.6 billion, the European Space Agency $500 million and the Italian Space Agency $160 million. These figures are from the press kit, “The Jupiter Millennium Mission,” which was prepared in October 2000. You can see it at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits.cfm, where you can also find the press kit that was prepared for the launch in 1997.
