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Ball Aerospace

US
commercialFounded 1956
Broomfield, Colorado, United States
www.baesystems.com/en-us/our-company/inc-businesses/space-and-mission-systems
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Ball Aerospace won a $486,900,000 contract to deliver a sounder for NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 11, 2023Ball wins $489.6 million contract to deliver next-generation weather satellite sounder

Work on the GeoXO Sounder contract will be completed at Ball Aerospace’s facility in Boulder, Colorado; NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 11, 2023NASA selects Ball Aerospace to develop NOAA’s GeoXO sounder instrument

Ball Aerospace designed and built the Ion Velocity Meter (IVM) space weather sensors that are flying on five satellites in the COSMIC-2 environmental satellite program.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 11, 2023Ball Aerospace Successfully Completes Testing on SSC's Weather Monitoring Satellite

Ball Aerospace will build and deliver one GeoXO sounder and integrate it with the next-generation NOAA weather satellite.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceTechnical ProductSep 11, 2023Ball wins $489.6 million contract to deliver next-generation weather satellite sounder

Ball Aerospace developed the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument operating on the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2).

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 11, 2023Ball Aerospace Successfully Completes Testing on SSC's Weather Monitoring Satellite

The Ball Aerospace contract scope includes supplying and maintaining the instrument ground support equipment and supporting mission operations at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Maryland.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceTechnical ProductSep 11, 2023NASA selects Ball Aerospace to develop NOAA’s GeoXO sounder instrument

NASA, on behalf of NOAA, selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation to develop the sounder instrument for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program.

Mentioned as: Ball Aerospace & Technologies CorporationTechnical ProductSep 11, 2023NASA selects Ball Aerospace to develop NOAA’s GeoXO sounder instrument

Ball Aerospace is the prime contractor for WSF-M and designed, built, and integrated the spacecraft bus, ground data processing software, and the Microwave Imager (MWI).

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceTechnical ProductSep 11, 2023Ball Aerospace Successfully Completes Testing on SSC's Weather Monitoring Satellite

Ball Aerospace was awarded a follow-on contract last year to build and deliver a second WSF-M satellite expected to be completed in early 2026.

Mentioned as: ball aerospaceTechnical ProductSep 11, 2023Ball Aerospace Successfully Completes Testing on SSC's Weather Monitoring Satellite

Ball Aerospace developed the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument that is operating on the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2).

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 8, 2023Ball Aerospace Completes Testing Weather Monitoring Satellite

Ball Aerospace received a follow-on contract last year to build and deliver a second WSF-M satellite that is expected to be completed in early 2026.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 8, 2023Ball Aerospace Completes Testing Weather Monitoring Satellite

Ball Aerospace is the prime contractor for the WSF-M project and designed, built, and integrated the spacecraft bus, ground data processing software, and the Microwave Imager (MWI).

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceTechnical ProductSep 8, 2023Ball Aerospace Completes Testing Weather Monitoring Satellite

Ball Aerospace designed and built the Ion Velocity Meter (IVM) space weather sensors that are flying on five satellites in the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate-2 (COSMIC-2) program.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 8, 2023Ball Aerospace Completes Testing Weather Monitoring Satellite

Ball Aerospace received a $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design NOAA’s Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA).

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 4, 2023Ball, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire claim NOAA contracts

Ball Aerospace received a $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design NOAA’s Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA).

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 1, 2023Ball, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire claim NOAA contracts

On 2023-08-31, NASA awarded contracts to Ball Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems, and Spire Global to design microwave sounders for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 1, 2023Ball, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems and Spire claim NOAA contracts

SpiderOak's demonstration builds upon the company's foundational work with Ball Aerospace.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 31, 2023SpiderOak Successfully Demonstrates OrbitSecure on International Space Station

TEMPO was developed alongside the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS), another Ball Aerospace-built instrument launched in 2020.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 25, 2023Ball Aerospace's Pollution Monitoring Instrument Releases its First Images of Earth

Ball Aerospace’s space-related programs account for approximately 70% of its 2023E revenues of $2,200,000,000.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative FinancialAug 18, 2023BAE Systems Signs Agreement to Acquire Ball Aerospace for $5.5 Billion

BAE Systems entered a definitive agreement to acquire Ball Aerospace for approximately $5,550,000,000.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 18, 2023BAE Systems Signs Agreement to Acquire Ball Aerospace for $5.5 Billion
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