Ball Aerospace

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Ball Aerospace is an American aerospace company known for designing and building advanced space systems, instruments, and components for NASA, the U.S. military, and commercial customers.


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instanceOf aerospace company
defense contractor
acquiredBy BAE Systems
acquisitionAnnouncedOn 2023
basedInState Colorado
collaboratesWith NASA
U.S. Department of Defense
commercial satellite operators
country United States
focusesOn Earth observation instruments
data exploitation and analysis
optical systems
remote sensing systems
spacecraft design
formerlyKnownAs Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
foundedBy Ball Corporation
hasExpertiseIn data processing for remote sensing
infrared sensors
optical payloads
spacecraft bus design
headquartersLocation Broomfield, Colorado
industry aerospace
defense
knownFor designing and building advanced space systems
developing scientific instruments for space missions
providing spacecraft components
notableCustomer NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Space Force
operatesInMarket civil space
commercial space
national security space
originatedAs division of Ball Corporation
parentCompany BAE Systems
provides mission support services
payload integration
systems engineering
regionServed global
sector intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
space technology
servesCustomer NASA
U.S. military
United States Department of Defense
commercial customers
specializesIn space components
space instruments
space systems

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