Ball Aerospace
Ball Aerospace wrapping up green propellant smallsat demo mission
Ball Aerospace says it has successfully flight-tested a green propellant developed by the Air Force, and is lowering the satellite’s altitude so that it deorbits in the coming weeks.
Ball Aerospace wins NOAA weather instruments study contracts
Ball Aerospace won four National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contracts worth a combined $2.32 million for weather satellite and instrument design studies.
Ball Aerospace wins NOAA space weather contract
Ball Aerospace won a $96.9 million contract June 25 to build, integrate and operate a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Follow On satellite destined for Lagrange Point 1.
Two payloads qualified for U.S. Space Force early warning satellites
Raytheon and a Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team designed competing sensor payloads for the Next-Gen OPIR geosynchronous satellites.
Blue Canyon Technologies to build its largest satellite to date for MethaneSAT
MethaneSAT said Jan. 6 it will use X-SAT, Blue Canyon’s largest offered spacecraft bus, to carry a methane-detection payload from Ball Aerospace.
Maxar to install NASA pollution sensor on commercial satellite
Maxar Technologies plans to install a NASA sensor to monitor air pollution over North America on a commercial communications satellite scheduled for launch to geostationary orbit in 2022.
Inflection point coming for antenna equation
As the cost of phased array antennas drops, the technology becomes increasing attractive to commercial customers like Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), the Norwegian company that operates 179 antennas at 22 different sites around the world.
International focus on greenhouse gas monitoring satellites, sensors
Greenhouse gas monitoring was a hot topic at the American Meteorological Society’s annual conference. International agencies shared plans for a global constellation and companies showcased a new generation of sensors.
Ball and SSL win study contracts for methane emission tracking satellite
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has awarded contracts to Ball Aerospace and Space Systems Loral to develop designs for a privately funded satellite to track methane emissions.
Key technologies the commercial satellite constellations need are on the horizon
WASHINGTON — If satellite constellations are to fulfill their promise of offering global communications services, they will need key technologies including low-cost antennas and laser cross-links, according to speakers at the Satellite 2018 conf…
Ball Aerospace unveils commercial software for data visualization
Ball Aerospace is using expertise it gained building sophisticate sensors and merging various data sets for U.S. government defense and intelligence agencies to build VizZen, a cloud-based content library and visual-data repository for government and commercial customers.
NGA using data from Spire and Ball to monitor Arctic maritime traffic
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is using satellite data provided by Spire Global and Ball Aerospace to monitor maritime traffic in the Arctic, a region where the changing climate is having a dramatic impact on trade routes, Peter Platzer, Spire chief executive, said March 6 during a Satellite 2017 panel here.
Green Propulsion System Mated with GPIM Satellite
The propulsion system is powered by a fuel that is more efficient and environmentally friendly than the hydrazine propellants typically used on spacecraft.
Orbital ATK Retains JPSS Work as GAO Strikes Down Ball Protest
The U.S. Government Accountability Office on July 16 denied a protest from Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. that sought to overturn the award of a U.S. weather satellite contract worth up to $470 million to rival Orbital ATK.
Ball Aerospace’s JPSS Protest Takes Aim at Rival’s Cost Claims
Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. is challenging NASA’s surprise award of a contract to build the next three U.S. civilian weather satellites to rival Orbital ATK, a Ball official said.
