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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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The GLIDE spacecraft will launch with NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 spacecraft that was built by Ball Aerospace and is powered by Rocket Lab components.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative PlanJun 9, 2022Rocket Lab selected by Ball Aerospace for solar empowerment of NASA’s GLIDE spacecraft

Ball Aerospace selected Rocket Lab to manufacture the Solar Array Panel for NASA’s GLIDE mission spacecraft planned to launch in 2025.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 9, 2022Rocket Lab selected by Ball Aerospace for solar empowerment of NASA’s GLIDE spacecraft

NASA awarded contracts on 2022-05-26 to Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Intelligence & Space to begin developing ocean color sensors for NOAA’s next-generation geostationary weather satellites.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 27, 2022Ball and Raytheon to develop NOAA ocean sensors

Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Intelligence & Space received contracts earlier in May to begin developing GeoXO Atmospheric Composition instruments.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceTechnical ProductMay 27, 2022Ball and Raytheon to develop NOAA ocean sensors

NASA awarded contracts valued at approximately $8,000,000 apiece in October to Ball Aerospace and to L3Harris for GeoXO-related work.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 27, 2022Ball and Raytheon to develop NOAA ocean sensors

Ball Aerospace is working on a definition Phase A study of a geostationary sounder for the GeoXO constellation.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceTechnical ProductMay 27, 2022Ball and Raytheon to develop NOAA ocean sensors

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Raytheon Intelligence & Space will each receive 20-month, firm-fixed-price contracts worth approximately $5,000,000 for the GeoXO ACX Phase A study.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative PlanMay 19, 2022NASA Selects Firms For NOAA Atmospheric Composition Instrument Study

NASA awarded contracts valued at approximately $8,000,000 apiece to Ball Aerospace and L3Harris in October for GeoXO-related work.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022Ball and Raytheon win weather instrument study contracts

Ball Aerospace won a 2020 contract to build, integrate, and operate NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On satellite destined for Sun–Earth Lagrange Point 1.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022Ball and Raytheon win weather instrument study contracts

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Raytheon Intelligence & Space will develop technologies for NOAA’s next generation of geostationary weather satellites under contracts announced 2022-05-17.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022Ball and Raytheon win weather instrument study contracts

Each of Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Intelligence & Space will receive approximately $5,000,000 to perform a definition-phase study of the Atmospheric Composition instrument for the GeoXO program.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022Ball and Raytheon win weather instrument study contracts

Ball Aerospace built the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite launched in 2011.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022Ball and Raytheon win weather instrument study contracts

Ball Aerospace built the first Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft launched in 2017.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022Ball and Raytheon win weather instrument study contracts

Ball Aerospace is planning future demonstrations with Microsoft to test the software on orbit in the next year.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 4, 2022Collaboration: Ball Aerospace + Microsoft Azure To Explore On-Orbit Computing

The Ball Aerospace–Stellar Blu Ku-band terminals are optimized for Low Earth Orbit networks and are compatible with multi-orbit constellations including LEO, MEO, and GEO configurations.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceTechnical ProductMar 23, 2022New Antennas Being Developed By Ball Aerospace… FPAs For Commercial + Military Markets + Ku-Band Antennas For IFC

Flex has shipped initial units of Ball’s ESA subarrays and is supporting the ramp to production from its Austin manufacturing facility.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceTechnical ProductMar 23, 2022New Antennas Being Developed By Ball Aerospace… FPAs For Commercial + Military Markets + Ku-Band Antennas For IFC

Lockheed Martin selected Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace to develop mission payload designs as part of risk-reduction efforts to meet the U.S. Space Force imperative to launch the first NGG satellite by 2025.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 2, 2022Lockheed Martin Selects Mission Payload Providers For Missile Warning Satellite System

In 2020 Lockheed Martin selected Raytheon Technologies and a Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team to design competing sensor payloads for Next Gen OPIR satellites.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 1, 2022Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman select payload providers for Space Force missile-warning satellites

The payload designs from Raytheon Technologies and the Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team completed critical design reviews in 2021 and are on track to fly on the first two Next Gen OPIR satellites.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 1, 2022Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman select payload providers for Space Force missile-warning satellites

Ball Aerospace won a contract in 2020 to build, integrate, and operate the SWFO L1 spacecraft for NOAA.

Mentioned as: Ball AerospaceNarrative GeneralJan 24, 2022NOAA seeks continuity of space weather observations
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