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Fri, 07 Dec 2018
Ball Aerospace has delivered the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) spectrometer to NASA after a successful final acceptance review. Once launched, TEMPO will be a space-based...
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Tue, 04 Dec 2018
Ball Aerospace was selected to build an adaptable, open-source framework testbed to support ground processing needs for the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). This prototype...
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Tue, 13 Nov 2018
Ball Aerospace recently received a Group Achievement Award from NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, recognizing the company for the innovative solution that enabled the...
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Tue, 18 Sep 2018
BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 18, 2018 — Maureen Masiulis, a program manager in Tactical Solutions at Ball Aerospace, has been recognized with the 2018 Society of Women Engineers’ (SWE) Emerging...
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Mon, 10 Sep 2018
Ball Aerospace has signed an exclusive license agreement to be the sole manufacturer of the Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (GmAPD) light detection and ranging (LIDAR) cameras for the defense and...
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Wed, 08 Aug 2018
A preliminary design review of NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) space-based astrophysics observatory was completed in late June at Ball Aerospace's Boulder, Colo. facility led by...
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Mon, 06 Aug 2018
Ball Aerospace today announced that it will provide airborne methane monitor sensors and data analytics tools, such as data visualization and processing capabilities, to Denver-based Carina RST,...
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Mon, 16 Jul 2018
Earlier today, Ball Aerospace announced that Jim Oschmann, vice president and general manager of the company's Civil Space strategic business unit, plans to retire from the company, effective...
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Mon, 09 Jul 2018
United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Ball Aerospace will celebrate the 10th anniversary of hands-on STEM education with a rocket launch over southeastern Colorado. Open to the general public, 2018...
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Mon, 18 Jun 2018
Ball Aerospace demonstrated its methane remote sensing technology flying on board a piloted aircraft during the Stanford University and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Mobile Monitoring...
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Wed, 30 May 2018
Ball Aerospace has been chosen to develop and build the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) Optical Mechanical Assembly (WOMA) for NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). WFIRST is a NASA...
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Thu, 26 Apr 2018
Ball Aerospace successfully completed the second of five evaluations of the Space Evaluation and Analysis Capability (SEAC) testbed it is developing for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)...
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Mon, 16 Apr 2018
Ball Aerospace is collaborating with Honeywell to develop and produce high-performance, high-reliability Optical Communication DataLinks that enable satellite operators to deliver affordable,...
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Thu, 12 Apr 2018
Ball Aerospace completed the handover of NOAA's advanced next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite, the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1), to NASA following a successful satellite...
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Wed, 11 Apr 2018
From technology demonstrations to Class A national capabilities, Ball serves as a trusted mission partner to its customers, delivering affordable, innovative and resilient mission-level solutions...
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Mon, 26 Mar 2018
BOULDER, Colo., March 26, 2018 — Ball Aerospace has recognized 26 employees for outstanding contributions to the business and its customers in the areas of administration and leadership,...
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Fri, 09 Mar 2018
Ball Aerospace is demonstrating how its decades of work for the U.S. government in civil, defense and intelligence applications is being applied to benefit commercial markets at this year's...
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Tue, 27 Feb 2018
Ball Aerospace will deliver multi-beam phased array antenna systems as part of a contract win by BAE Systems for the U.S. Navy Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) System. The NTCDL system...
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Tue, 20 Feb 2018
Ball Aerospace has launched VizZen™, a new commercial, off-the-shelf cloud-based content management and visual-data repository that is available for purchase on Amazon Web Services (AWS)...
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Wed, 14 Feb 2018
Ball Aerospace delivered the TIRS-2 Flight Cryocooler for the Landsat 9 TIRS-2 instrument ahead of schedule to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Achieving this milestone early will allow...
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Thu, 01 Feb 2018
Dr. Thomas Kampe, a staff consultant at Ball Aerospace, has been recognized as a Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics. This year, SPIE will promote 71 new Fellows of...
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Mon, 08 Jan 2018
Since its founding in Boulder, Colorado, in 1956, Ball Aerospace has significantly increased its high-tech workforce, embarked on several infrastructure expansion projects and pioneered new...
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Wed, 13 Dec 2017
Dr. Laura Coyle, an optical engineer at Ball Aerospace, has been selected to serve as one of The Optical Society's (OSA) 2018 Ambassadors. As an ambassador, Coyle will join an international team...
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Wed, 29 Nov 2017
Ball Aerospace has been selected by the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to deliver the next-generation operational environmental satellite system, Weather System Follow-on...
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Mon, 20 Nov 2017
NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) successfully launched this morning at 1:47 a.m., PST, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket....
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Thu, 09 Nov 2017
NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) is encapsulated inside the fairing (nose cone) of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle ready for lift off from Space Launch Complex-2W at...
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Fri, 27 Oct 2017
Ball Aerospace has been awarded an Aviation Week Program Excellence Award for their work on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope cryogenic electronics system. The awards honor global aerospace and...
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Thu, 26 Oct 2017
Ball Aerospace and the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) team is currently preparing NOAA's next-generation polar orbiting weather satellite for launch at 1:47 a.m., PST on Nov. 10, 2017....
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Fri, 20 Oct 2017
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 4, 2017 — Allison Barto, a program manager at Ball Aerospace, is recognized as one of The Boulder Chamber’s 2017 Women Who Light the Community honorees. This tribute...
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Wed, 11 Oct 2017
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has recognized two Ball Aerospace employees with Associate Fellows designation for their notable contributions and leadership in...
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Fri, 22 Sep 2017
BOULDER, Colo., Sept., 22, 2017 — Casey Waggy, a systems engineer at Ball Aerospace, has been recognized by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) with the Outstanding SWE Counselor Award for...
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Thu, 21 Sep 2017
The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument, designed and built by Ball Aerospace for NASA, has completed spectrometer testing and verification. TEMPO was selected by...
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Tue, 05 Sep 2017
Ball Aerospace successfully delivered the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1), NOAA's next-generation polar orbiting weather satellite, to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Aug. 31,...
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Wed, 23 Aug 2017
For the second consecutive year, Ball Aerospace was recognized by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics as a Top Performing Supplier. This award identifies the top two percent of a supply base of 1,200...
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Wed, 12 Jul 2017
Ball Aerospace Interns Showcase Skills on High-Altitude Balloon Launch Boulder, CO, July 15 2017 – Over the last six weeks, Ball Aerospace interns have worked to build four different payloads...
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Mon, 12 Jun 2017
Ball Aerospace today announced it has completed a six-month Phase A study of the scientific and technology requirements for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) project's Wide Field...
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Wed, 07 Jun 2017
5G is coming. This new form of wireless connection will help us keep up with the explosion of smart devices requiring the internet. Cars, appliances, security cameras, virtual reality platforms...
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Fri, 02 Jun 2017
BOULDER, Colo., June 2, 2017 – For more than 60 years, Ball Aerospace has supported critical missions for the Department of Defense, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), NASA and other...
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Fri, 05 May 2017
BOULDER, Colo., May 5, 2017 — The New Horizons Optical Instrumentation Team (NHOIT), responsible for obtaining the first-ever high-resolution color images and composition data of Pluto and its...
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Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Ball Aerospace will design and build a cryostat for NASA's Galactic/Extragalactic Ultralong Duration Balloon (ULDB) Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory mission, or GUSTO. The mission is led by the...
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Fri, 21 Apr 2017
Ball Corporation yesterday broke ground on an expansion of its Aerospace Manufacturing Center (AMC) at a groundbreaking ceremony in Westminster, CO. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, United...
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Wed, 12 Apr 2017
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI), designed and built by Ball Aerospace for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, is entering its fourth year of service. Designed as...
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Mon, 03 Apr 2017
BOULDER, Colo., March 31, 2016 – For more than 60 years, Ball Aerospace has supported critical missions for national agencies such as the Department of Defense, NASA, NOAA and other U.S....
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Mon, 06 Mar 2017
Ball Aerospace is leveraging its decades of work for the U.S. government in civil, defense and intelligence applications for the benefit of commercial markets at this year’s SATELLITE 2017 show.
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Mon, 06 Mar 2017
Ball Aerospace and Spire Global, Inc. are collaborating on a program on behalf of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to improve Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in the Arctic....
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Tue, 28 Feb 2017
BOULDER, Colo., February 28, 2016 – Ball Aerospace has recognized 22 employees for outstanding contributions to the business and its customers in the areas of administration and leadership,...
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Thu, 23 Feb 2017
World View and Ball Aerospace successfully completed a Stratollite mission earlier this month, demonstrating early capabilities for remote sensing applications from the stratosphere, nearly 70,000...
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Thu, 16 Feb 2017
Two Ball Aerospace-built payloads will soon blast off toward the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Scheduled for a February 18 launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center,...
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Mon, 13 Feb 2017
NASA has awarded a contract to Ball Aerospace for continued spacecraft operations support for the NOAA/NASA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite. The sole source...
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Wed, 18 Jan 2017
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 11, 2017 — Casey Waggy, a lead engineer at Ball Aerospace, received a prestigious Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Distinguished New Engineer Award for 2016. The SWE...