CU-Boulder returns $3M to NASA in satellite design, operation cost savings

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NASAs SORCE satellite was designed built and is controlled from the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Credit: NASA
NASA's SORCE satellite was designed, built and is controlled from the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. Credit: NASA

The University of Colorado at Boulder took an unusual step today by returning nearly $3 million in cost savings to NASA for an award-winning satellite mission designed, built and controlled by the university to study how the sun's variation influences Earth's climate and atmosphere.


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