History and Costs
Samos started as part of the WS-117L satellite reconnaissance and protection program of the US Air Force in 1956. In May 1958 the Department of Defense directed the transfer of the WS-117L program to ARPA. Significant parts of the Samos development program were Samos-E (visual reconnaissance), Samos-F (ELINT Ferret reconnaissance), and Samos-H (communications).
In FY1958 WS-117L was funded by the AF at a level of US $108.2 million (inflation adjusted US$ 0.87 billion in 2012). For Samos, AF and ARPA spent a combined sum of US $82.9 million in FY1959 (inflation adjusted US$0.66 billion in 2012) and US $163.9 million in FY1960 (inflation adjusted US$1.29 billion in 2012).
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