Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., commonly Ball Aerospace, was an American manufacturer of spacecraft, components and instruments for national defense, civil space and commercial space applications.
Ball Aerospace began building pointing controls for military rockets in 1956. The aerospace part of the Ball Corporation was then known as Ball Brothers Research Corporation, and later won a contract to build some of NASA's first spacecraft, the Orbiting Solar Observatory satellites. The company has been responsible for numerous technological and scientific projects and continues to provide aerospace technology to NASA and related industries.
Other products and services for the aerospace industry include lubricants, optical systems, star trackers and antennas. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ball Corporation, Ball Aerospace was cited in 2023[3] as the 54th largest defense contractor in the world.[4] Both parent and subsidiary headquarters are co-located in Broomfield, Colorado.
In August 2023, Ball Corporation agreed to divest Ball Aerospace to BAE Systems Inc. for $5.6 billion in cash.[5] On February 14, 2024 The companies announced that they all the regulatory approvals were in place to allow the deal to complete.[6] The deal was closed on February 16, 2024.[2]
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ball, aerospace, technologies, corp, commonly, ball, aerospace, american, manufacturer, spacecraft, components, instruments, national, defense, civil, space, commercial, space, applications, corp, company, typesubsidiaryindustryspacecraft, defense, scientific,. Ball Aerospace amp Technologies Corp commonly Ball Aerospace was an American manufacturer of spacecraft components and instruments for national defense civil space and commercial space applications Ball Aerospace amp Technologies Corp Company typeSubsidiaryIndustrySpacecraft defense scientific instrumentsFounded1956 68 years ago 1956 DefunctFebruary 16 2024 2 months ago 2024 02 16 FateAcquired by BAE Systems Inc HeadquartersBroomfield Colorado U S Key peopleDave Kaufman PresidentOwnerBall CorporationNumber of employeesc 5 200 2023 1 Websitewww BallAerospace com Until 2024 the firm was a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Corporation with primary offices in Boulder Colorado and facilities in Broomfield and Westminster in Colorado with smaller offices in New Mexico Ohio northern Virginia Missouri and Maryland It was acquired by BAE Systems Inc in 2024 and is operated as a new division within BAE called Space amp Mission systems 2 Contents 1 History 2 Participating projects 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editBall Aerospace began building pointing controls for military rockets in 1956 The aerospace part of the Ball Corporation was then known as Ball Brothers Research Corporation and later won a contract to build some of NASA s first spacecraft the Orbiting Solar Observatory satellites The company has been responsible for numerous technological and scientific projects and continues to provide aerospace technology to NASA and related industries Other products and services for the aerospace industry include lubricants optical systems star trackers and antennas As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ball Corporation Ball Aerospace was cited in 2023 3 as the 54th largest defense contractor in the world 4 Both parent and subsidiary headquarters are co located in Broomfield Colorado In August 2023 Ball Corporation agreed to divest Ball Aerospace to BAE Systems Inc for 5 6 billion in cash 5 On February 14 2024 The companies announced that they all the regulatory approvals were in place to allow the deal to complete 6 The deal was closed on February 16 2024 2 Participating projects editThe Orbital Express 7 autonomous satellite servicing mission The WorldView 2 Earth observation satellite 8 AEROS satellite 9 Ralph New Horizons instrument 10 Chandra X ray Observatory aspect camera star tracker and SIM science instrument module 11 Hubble Space Telescope seven science instruments COS WFC3 ACS NICMOS STIS COSTAR and GHRS two star trackers five major equipment subsystems and custom tools to support service missions 12 James Webb Space Telescope optical mirror system 13 Kepler space telescope Wikipedia 14 15 See also edit nbsp Companies portal nbsp Technology portal nbsp Space portal nbsp Aviation portal nbsp United States portal nbsp Colorado portal Ball CorporationReferences edit King Ian August 17 2023 Why BAE bought Ball Aerospace and why it matters Sky News a b Mullholand Sarah February 16 2024 Ball Corp sells off its aerospace division in multibillion dollar deal Colorado Public Radio Top 100 Defense News News about defense programs business and technology people defensenews com Retrieved 2023 12 22 Defense News Top 100 2022 Defense News Research 2022 Retrieved January 10 2023 Shabong Yadarisa August 17 2023 BAE snaps up Ball s aerospace arm for 5 6 billion in its biggest deal ever Reuters BAE Systems wins approval for Ball Aerospace acquisition 14 February 2024 Orbital Express Archived June 10 2007 at the Wayback Machine DigitalGlobe announces Ball building WorldView 2 satellite Yenne Bill 1985 The Encyclopedia of US Spacecraft Exeter Books A Bison Book New York ISBN 0 671 07580 2 p 12 AEROS Ball Aerospace New Horizons Ralph Ball Aerospace Chandra X ray Observatory Ball Aerospace Hubble Space Telescope Ball Aerospace Webb Space Telescope Ball Aerospace team assembles Kepler spacecraft Exoplanet Exploration Planets Beyond our Solar System Retrieved 2024 03 13 Ball Aerospace Built Kepler Spacecraft Launches From Cape Canaveral investors ball com Retrieved 2024 03 13 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ball Aerospace amp Technologies Ball Aerospace website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ball Aerospace 26 Technologies amp oldid 1218093226, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
