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NOAA Taps Ball Aerospace to Study 2 Weather Satellite Instruments

Ball Aerospace will help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study instrument designs for measuring atmospheric composition and ocean color as part of its Geostationary Extended Observations program. The company said Thursday it was selected for two 20-month studies to inform the development of next generation geostationary weather satellite constellation the agency is undertaking to […] More

by Christine Thropp July 29, 2022, 11:59 am
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Ball Aerospace Wraps Up Critical Design Review for NOAA Space Weather Satellite

Ball Aerospace has passed the critical design review for a space weather monitoring satellite it is developing to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s mission objectives. The company said Tuesday completing the CDR for NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 spacecraft meant it can now move to production, integration and test phases. SWFO-L1 is […] More

by Christine Thropp June 16, 2022, 11:24 am
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NASA Selects Ball, Raytheon for NOAA Ocean Color Instrument Study

NASA has tapped Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business to study the ocean color instrument for a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth observation satellite system. Each was awarded an approximately $5.2 million contract that covers the twenty-month Phase A Study under the Geostationary Extended Observations Program of NOAA, the space […] More

by Christine Thropp May 31, 2022, 11:58 am
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Ball, Raytheon to Study Atmospheric Composition Instrument for NOAA Earth Observation Satellite

Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Technologies will conduct a twenty-month study of an atmospheric composition instrument for a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite system for Earth observations. NASA said Wednesday Ball Aerospace & Technologies and Raytheon Intelligence & Space were chosen for the Geostationary Extended Observations ACX instrument Phase A Study that will inform the […] More

by Christine Thropp May 23, 2022, 11:56 am
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Microsoft Azure Launches Partnerships for Space AI Applications

Microsoft Azure has announced several partnerships made to support the platform’s use for artificial intelligence and connectivity applications in space. Tom Keane, corporate vice president for mission engineering at Microsoft Azure, wrote in a blog post published Monday that the company partnered with NASA and Hewlett Packard Enterprise to test how AI can support astronaut […] More

by Nichols Martin April 5, 2022, 11:53 am
in Industry News, News, Space

Northrop-Ball Team to Develop Infrared Sensors for Space Force’s Polar Missile Warning Satellites

A Northrop Grumman–Ball Aerospace team will build infrared sensor payloads for the U.S. Space Force’s future polar-orbiting missile warning satellites. The partners will work on sensors for two Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar satellites that the military would use to detect and track infrared heat signatures of ballistic and hypersonic projectiles, Northrop said Tuesday. […] More

by Angeline Leishman March 2, 2022, 11:48 am
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Ball Aerospace, NASA Conclude Critical Design Review of SPHEREx Observatory

Ball Aerospace helped NASA complete the critical design review of a satellite designed to map the sky and support scientists’ study on the cause of cosmic inflation in the universe’s earlier stages. The company said Wednesday it designed, integrated and tested the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer […] More

by Nichols Martin February 24, 2022, 11:55 am
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Northrop, Ball Subject Space Force Missile Tracking Payload Candidate to Environmental Tests

A Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace-built missile warning sensor payload candidate for the U.S. Space Force has passed three rounds of space environment testing that simulated conditions in geosynchronous Earth orbit. The Next Generation Persistent Infrared GEO Engineering Development Unit payload underwent ambient functional evaluation, thermal vacuum chamber and acoustic testing and other experiments to […] More

by Angeline Leishman December 16, 2021, 11:52 am
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NASA Launches Ball Aerospace-Built Observatory to Measure X-ray Polarization

NASA launched a Ball Aerospace-built space observatory Thursday for the agency’s joint mission with its Italian counterpart to study X-rays from supermassive black holes, supernova remnants and other high-energy objects in the universe. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer spacecraft lifted Thursday aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and will use three telescopes with sensitive detectors to […] More

by Angeline Leishman December 10, 2021, 11:53 am
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Ball Aerospace Delivers IXPE Spacecraft to NASA for Astrophysics Mission in December

Ball Aerospace has shipped a new observatory spacecraft to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an upcoming NASA mission that will measure cosmic X-ray polarization while in orbit. The company said Wednesday it built the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer under a collaboration with NASA and the Italian Space Agency. IXPE will launch in December from Kennedy Space […] More

by Nichols Martin November 11, 2021, 11:34 am
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Ball Aerospace Increases Colorado Footprint With Facility Opening, Center Expansion; Dave Kaufman Quoted

Ball Aerospace has expanded its presence in Colorado with the opening of a new 160,000-square-foot facility that will focus on building payloads and providing post-launch support for various space programs. The new Payload Development Facility adds advanced integration and test areas, a mission support center, more offices and cleanroom space to the existing Broomfield Research […] More

by Angeline Leishman October 20, 2021, 11:48 am
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NASA Taps Ball Aerospace to Study Hyperspectral Infrared Instrument

Ball Aerospace has received a potential $8 million contract from NASA to study the geostationary Sounder instrument in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary and Extended Observations program. The space agency said Thursday that under the firm-fixed-price contract, the company will conduct the definition-phase A study of the hyperspectral infrared instrument intended […] More

by Carol Collins October 1, 2021, 11:54 am

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