Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

BOULDER, Colo., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Earth observation satellite built for the Canadian government has concluded its mission after serving the organization for more than 17 years--12 years longer than its mission life. Radarsat-1 launched in 1995 for an expected 5-year mission. ... read more

DAYTON, Ohio, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and the Invertix Corporation have entered into a strategic teaming agreement to pursue the Advanced Technical Exploitation Program (ATEP) II contract with the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and the Aerospace Corporation will co-host the 2013 Mission Assurance Improvement Workshop (MAIW), April 30-May 1 in Boulder to explore and document best practices and craft a common approach to mission assurance for the U.S. ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been honored by The Boeing Company as a 2012 "Supplier of the Year" for outstanding avionics work, specifically on the F/A-18 and Harpoon antenna programs. The award was presented during a ceremony in San ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to perform risk reduction work on the next generation of microwave sounding and imaging instruments for the Weather Satellite Follow-on program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/LA39163LOGO) Under a contract awarded ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has begun integration for WorldView-3, the next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite being built for DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130408/LA90009)(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/LA39163LOGO) The third satellite in a series to employ the ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Operational Land Imager (OLI) aboard the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) has completed initial checkout and along with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center built Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) snapped the mission's first multispectral ... read more

ARLINGTON, Va., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has announced new leadership appointments within its Washington Operations office. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130306/LA71887-a) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130306/LA71887-b) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130306/LA71887-c) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/LA39163LOGO) Vonna Weir Heaton has been selected for the newly created position of vice president and lead executive of ... read more

CHANTILLY, Va., Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed a transaction with OGSystems, LLC and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to transfer responsibility for the TASER prime contract to Ball Aerospace. The TASER (Total Application Services Enterprise Requirements) program provides high-end ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Operational Land Imager (OLI) successfully launched today aboard the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 10:02 a.m. PST, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. (Logo: ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. opened the door today on a new era of space programs by celebrating the completion of an advanced satellite manufacturing center that more than doubles current spacecraft production capability. The 90,000-square-foot expansion is designed ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. today announced the appointment of Debra Facktor Lepore to the newly created position of vice president and general manager of Washington Operations. Effective Jan. 15, Lepore will lead Ball's Washington operations, corporate communications and ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully integrated the fifth and final payload to fly aboard the STPSat-3 spacecraft when it launches from Wallops Island, Virginia, in mid-2013. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130118/LA44616) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/LA39163LOGO) The Joint Component Research (J-CORE) instrument is a ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed all performance testing for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope aft-optics subsystem (AOS) under contract to the Northrop Grumman Corporation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130116/LA43566) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/LA39163LOGO) Since May of 2012, the AOS has undergone a series of tests ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) delivered unprecedented science in 2012 including the discovery of the oldest galaxy to date. Installed by shuttle astronauts during the 2008 Servicing Mission (SM4), the WFC3 is ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument being built for the first Joint Polar Satellite System satellite (JPSS-1) is progressing ahead of schedule and on budget. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/LA38923) ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed the delta Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) spacecraft. The four-day review was held Dec. 10-13, and included more than 100 representatives from NASA's Goddard Space Flight ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. employees Dr. Jeanette Domber and Dr. Lisa Hardaway have been elected Associate Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Domber and Hardaway will be inducted with 175 other new Associate Fellows from around ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. announced today three leadership appointments and an organizational structure change that will position operating sectors for improved customer efficiency. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130104/LA37326-a) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130104/LA37326-b) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130104/LA37326-c) Effective January 2, Ball's Civil and Operational Space business unit ... read more

BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully integrated four of the five payloads and a spacecraft de-orbit module onto STPSat-3, the Department of Defense Space Test Program's Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) slated to launch August 1, 2013. Integration of ... read more