Telesat has partnered with General Dynamics and Ball Aerospace to demonstrate space-based data exploitation and processing approaches with the use of commercial satellite technology. The partnerships will use Telesat-built satellite and network emulation systems for live demo events in support of the U.S. Air Force's Commercially Augmented Space Inter Networked Operations program.
Read More »Ball Aerospace’s Makenzie Lystrup Elected as American Science Org Fellow
Makenzie Lystrup, Ball Aerospace’s vice president and general manager for civil space, has been inducted as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Read More »Air Force Taps Lockheed, Ball Aerospace to Develop Space Internet Communication Systems
Lockheed Martin and Ball Aerospace have landed $3.6M and $2.3M contracts, respectively, to build path-agnostic communications capacities through commercial space internet systems for the U.S. Air Force.
Read More »Air Force Taps Microsoft, Ball Aerospace to Demo Satellite-to-Cloud Data Processing Tech
Ball Aerospace has partnered with Microsoft to demonstrate a data processing prototype for the U.S. Air Force that will rapidly transmit information from low-Earth orbit satellites to data centers through array and cloud technologies.
Read More »Ball Aerospace Ships Survey Telescope Lens Assembly to Lawrence Livermore Nat’l Lab
Ball Aerospace has delivered a camera lens assembly to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for installation into a ground telescope intended to observe astronomical phenomena and provide a visualization of the universe.
Read More »ULA to Launch Rocket for Student Engagement Program; Tory Bruno Quoted
Interns from United Launch Alliance and Ball Aerospace are joining K-12 students to launch payloads in celebration of the Apollo 11 moon landing’s 50th anniversary.
Read More »ULA-Ball Aerospace STEM Program to Feature RUAG, Airborne Systems Tech Platforms; Tory Bruno Quoted
United Launch Alliance has partnered with Airborne Systems and RUAG to support a STEM education program that seeks to expose students and interns to space launch operations.
Read More »Ball Aerospace-Built Astrophysics Observatory Passes Critical Design Review
Ball Aerospace has cleared a critical design review for a small explorer mission that will help NASA measure the polarization of cosmic x-rays in space.
Read More »Ball Aerospace Begins On-Orbit Trials for NASA Green Propellant Infusion Mission
Ball Aerospace has commenced on-orbit trials of the non-toxic AF-M315E propellant as part of NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission.
Read More »ULA Prepares for Upcoming K-12 STEM Event With Ball Aerospace; Tory Bruno Quoted
United Launch Alliance will lift off K-12 student-built payloads on an intern-made sport rocket for an academic engagement event on July 20 at Fort Carson, Colorado in celebration of the Apollo 11 moon landing’s 50th anniversary.
Read More »Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports NASA Effort to Demonstrate Non-Toxic Propellant
Aerojet Rocketdyne has joined an industry-government team that will work on an upcoming satellite launch mission to demonstrate the use of AF-M315E, a non-toxic propellant. The company said Thursday it will work with NASA, Ball Aerospace and Air Force Research Laboratory to prepare for the Green Propellant Infusion Mission scheduled to launch on June 24 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Read More »Ball Aerospace Delivers Eco-Friendly Satellite to NASA
Ball Aerospace has handed over to NASA a small eco-friendly satellite that will test a new, low-toxic fuel blend as part of the agency’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM).
Read More »Ball Aerospace to Enter DARPA Program’s Next Space Testbed Evaluation Phase
Ball Aerospace will further evaluate a testbed under the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at building technology platforms for military personnel to gain situational awareness and manage assets in space.
Read More »ULA, Ball Aerospace Seek Participants for 2019 Student Payload Development Program; Tory Bruno Quoted
A partnership between United Launch Alliance and Ball Aerospace will select more than 20 K-12 teams to design and build payloads through the 2019 Student Rocket Launch competition. Participants will aim to guide payload systems to a designated ground-based target for a chance to win as much as $5K and use the prize money to …
Read More »NASA Receives Ball Aerospace-Built Air Quality Monitoring Instrument
NASA has received a space-based spectrometer Ball Aerospace built to help researchers identify sources of pollutants in the atmosphere and predict quality of air. Ball said Friday it handed the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution instrument over to NASA after completing a final acceptance review. TEMPO is designed to operate in geostationary orbit …
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