SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978

 

Table 4-28. Meteorology Program -Nimbus Funding History

(in thousands of dollars)

 

Year

Request

Authorization

Programmed

.

1969

32 100

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31 800

1970

29 200

27 800

27 239

1971

28 000

28 200

24 700

1972

23 100

23 100

18 125

1973

28 300

28 300

28 800

1974

25 400 a

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25 200 b

1975

34 000 c

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28 300

1976

26 900 d

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18 700

1977

17 000 e

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15 400

1978

15 700

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13 110 f

 

a Includes $16 400 000 for Nimbus 5 and F and $9 000 000 for Nimbus G, a pollution-monitoring spacecraft.

b Includes $16 400 000 for Nimbus 5 and F and $8 800 000 for Nimbus G.

c Includes $7 000 000 for Nimbus 5 and F and $27 000 000 for Nimbus G.

d Includes $3 500 000 ($900 000 for the transition quarter) for Nimbus 5 and F and $15 000 000 ($7 500 000 for the transition quarter) for Nimbus G.

e Includes $1 600 000 for weather and climate observation and forecasting project follow-on data analysis to be applied to Nimbus, Tiros, and other related satellite projects.

f Includes $900 000 for Nimbus extended operations.


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