Ball Aerospace

02/16/2024

The next chapter is now.

Ball Aerospace is now a part of BAE Systems, Inc., forming a new business under its U.S. business known as Space & Mission Systems.

We will continue to leverage our long-standing expertise in spacecraft, instruments, ground systems, sensors, tactical systems, operations, data analytics and more to enhance our efforts to deliver a range of products and differentiating technologies. Our shared passion for performing beyond boundaries have come together to support our customers wherever, whenever and whatever their challenges may be.

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02/15/2024

For this , here's last year’s inside look at the Environmental Defense Fund's from The New Yorker, detailing its mission to pinpoint emissions in order to slow down change. 🛰️🌎

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Our role on MethaneSAT: https://bit.ly/42Rn2NT

A new satellite, funded by a nonprofit, aims to pinpoint emissions of methane—a gas that plays a major role in global warming.

02/14/2024

What makes unique from other methane monitoring satellites? A 200-kilometer view path coupled with high-resolution sensors will both deliver methane measurements across large geographic areas and at pre-determined locations. This allows stakeholders to track area trends, while also identifying specific emission locations and rates, filling a key measurement gap between point source and global mapping satellites.

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02/14/2024

Spread the ❤️

This iconic picture of is from Ball Aerospace’s Ralph camera on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. Happy !

📷: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
More on our role: https://bit.ly/3Q1en85

02/13/2024

From science to sustainable solutions. MethaneSAT will provide data that will help to reduce methane emissions, fostering a more sustainable world. 🌎 Ball Aerospace developed the high-performance advanced spectrometer instrument at the heart of the Environmental Defense Fund's mission.

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02/13/2024

Congratulations to our own Dr. Tami Katz on well-deserved recognition from INCOSE - International Council on Systems Engineering. Katz was recently elected to the board of directors as the Deputy Director of Technical Operations, and she received an Outstanding Service Award as well as a Working Group Award for Sustained Performance during the International Workshop 2024. We’re so proud of her contributions to the field of systems engineering!

02/12/2024

Yesterday marked an anniversary for 8!

Ball Aerospace designed and built the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, as well as the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) cryocoolers for the mission.

February 11th - on this day in 2013, Landsat 8 was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket took to the skies from Space Launch Complex 3E of the California launch site.

An Earth observation satellite operated by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the 2,623 kg Landsat 8 spacecraft was built by prime contractor Orbital Sciences Corporation in collaboration with Ball Aerospace and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

02/08/2024

Another great event! Last week, Ball Aerospace’s Micky Masciarelli presented at Northglenn Middle School for their Cookies and Careers speaker series, helping expand student awareness of different career opportunities in aerospace. She shared about her recent work on the James Webb Space Telescope, the most ambitious and complex space science observatory ever built, and a previous role that involved training astronauts!

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02/07/2024

Successful delivery! We shipped the MethaneSAT satellite to Vandenberg Space Force Base where it is scheduled to launch next month. The mission will provide groundbreaking data on the scale and sources of global methane emissions. 🌎🛰️

"Our hope is that this mission will enable policymakers to establish ambitious emission reduction targets, motivating world leaders to enhance their efforts in capturing and effectively utilizing this valuable natural gas." - Dr. Alberto Conti, vice president and general manager, Civil Space

📰: https://bit.ly/3SZUwqZ
Environmental Defense Fund

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace successfully delivered the MethaneSAT satellite to Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California this week, where it is scheduled to launch next month.