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			{{Short description\|American aerospace company}}
	{{More footnotes\|date=May 2016}}
	{{Infobox company		{{Infobox company
	\| name = Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.		\| name = Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
	\| logo = Batc frame hor.png		\| logo = Batc frame hor.png
	\| type = ~~Wholly owned subsidiary of~~ ]		\| type = ]
	\| foundation = 1956		\| foundation = {{start date and age\|1956}}
			\| defunct = {{End date and age\|2024\|02\|16}}
⚫	\| location = ]
	\| ~~key_people~~ =		\| successor =
			\| fate = Acquired by ]
⚫	\| industry = Spacecraft, ~~Defense~~, ~~Scientific~~ ~~Instruments~~
		⚫	\| location = ], U.S.
			\| key_people = Dave Kaufman - President
		⚫	\| industry = Spacecraft, defense, scientific instruments
	\| products =		\| products =
	\| revenue =		\| revenue =
	\| owner = ]		\| owner =
			\| num_employees = {{circa\|5,200}} (2023)<ref>{{cite news \|last=King \|first=Ian \|date=August 17, 2023 \|title=Why BAE bought Ball Aerospace and why it matters \|url=https://news.sky.com/story/why-bae-bought-ball-aerospace-and-why-it-matters-12941598 \|work=Sky News}}</ref>
	\| num_employees =
			\| parent = ]
	\| homepage =		\| homepage = {{url\|http://ballaerospace.com/}}

	}}		}}
			'''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 & Technologies Corp.''' (commonly '''Ball Aerospace''') is an American manufacturer of spacecraft~~, ~~components,~~ ~~and~~ ~~instruments for national defense, civil space and commercial space applications. The company is~~ a wholly owned subsidiary of ] ~~(]: BLL)~~, with primary offices in ] and facilities in ] and ] in ], with smaller offices in ], ], ~~Northern~~ ], ], and ].		Until 2024, the firm was a wholly owned subsidiary of ], with primary offices in ], and facilities in ] and ] in ], with smaller offices in ], ], northern ], ] and ]. It was acquired by ] in 2024, and is operated as a new division within BAE called Space & Mission systems.<ref name=CPR>{{Cite web \|last=Mullholand \|first=Sarah \|date=February 16, 2024 \|title=Ball Corp. sells off its aerospace division in multibillion-dollar deal \|url=https://www.cpr.org/2024/02/16/ball-corp-sells-aerospace-division/ \|publisher=]}}</ref>

			== History ==
	Ball Aerospace began building pointing controls for military rockets in 1956, and later won a contract to build ~~one~~ of ]’s first spacecraft, the ]. ~~Over the years, the~~ company has been responsible for numerous technological and scientific projects and continues to provide aerospace technology to NASA and related industries.		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 ]'s first spacecraft, the ] satellites. The company has been responsible for numerous technological and scientific projects and continues to provide aerospace technology to NASA and related industries.

	~~Ball Aerospace also has many other~~ products and services for the aerospace industry, ~~including~~ lubricants, optical systems, ]s and antennas. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ball Corporation, Ball Aerospace was cited in ~~2014~~ as the ~~88th~~ largest defense contractor in the world.<ref>{{cite web\|url = ~~http~~://~~defensecontractingmarketing~~.com/~~2014-defense-news-~~top-100~~-aerospace-defense-companies~~/\|title = Defense News Top 100\|year = ~~2014~~\|publisher = Defense News Research~~}}{{dead link~~\|date=~~November~~ ~~2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes~~ }}</ref> Both parent and subsidiary headquarters are co-located in Broomfield, Colorado.		Other products and services for the aerospace industry include lubricants, optical systems, ]s and antennas. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ball Corporation, Ball Aerospace was cited in 2023<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Top 100 {{!}} Defense News, News about defense programs, business, and technology \|url=https://people.defensenews.com/top-100/ \|access-date=2023-12-22 \|website=people.defensenews.com}}</ref> as the 54th largest defense contractor in the world.<ref>{{cite web\|url = https://people.defensenews.com/top-100/\|title = Defense News Top 100 (2022)\|year = 2022\|publisher = Defense News Research\|access-date=January 10, 2023}}</ref> Both parent and subsidiary headquarters are co-located in Broomfield, Colorado.

			In August 2023, Ball Corporation agreed to divest Ball Aerospace to ] for $5.6 billion in cash.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Shabong \|first=Yadarisa \|date=August 17, 2023 \|title=BAE snaps up Ball's aerospace arm for $5.6 billion in its biggest deal ever \|url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/uks-bae-systems-buy-ball-aerospace-about-555-bln-2023-08-17/ \|work=Reuters}}</ref> On February 14, 2024 The companies announced that all regulatory approvals were in place to allow the deal to complete.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://spacenews.com/bae-systems-wins-approval-for-ball-aerospace-acquisition/ \| title=BAE Systems wins approval for Ball Aerospace acquisition \| date=14 February 2024 }}</ref> The deal was closed on February 16, 2024.<ref name=CPR />

	== Participating projects ==		== Participating projects ==

	=== Near-Future ===
	* ] (JWST), to study the formation of the earliest stars in the universe
	* ] (TEMPO), pollution monitoring for North America
	* Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS), pollution monitoring for East Asia

	=== Current ===
	* The ]<ref> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610024353/http://www.ballaerospace.com/oexpress.html \|date=June 10, 2007 }}</ref> autonomous satellite servicing mission		* The ]<ref> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610024353/http://www.ballaerospace.com/oexpress.html \|date=June 10, 2007 }}</ref> autonomous satellite servicing mission
		⚫	* The ] ].<ref></ref>
	* The ] (WISE) Program, which, over a seven-month mission in a polar orbit will map the entire sky in multiple mid-far infrared wavelengths. This crucial mission may find close and cool objects to our sun never before detected. It will also act as a predecessor to the JWST Program.
		⚫	* ]<ref name="Yenne">{{cite book\|author=Yenne, Bill\|title=''The Encyclopedia of US Spacecraft''\|publisher=Exeter Books (A Bison Book), New York\|year=1985\|isbn=0-671-07580-2}}p.12 '''AEROS'''</ref>
⚫	* The ] ].<ref></ref>
			* ]<ref></ref>
	* The WorldView-3<ref>]</ref> ].
			* ] aspect camera (star tracker) and SIM (science instrument module)<ref></ref>
	* The ]<ref></ref> remote sensing data visualization application.
			* ]: seven science instruments (], ], ], ], ], ], and ]), two star trackers, five major equipment subsystems, and custom tools to support service missions<ref></ref>
	* The ], a satellite in ]ian orbit which will scout for hazardous ].
			* ] optical mirror system<ref></ref>
	* The ] (ASU), thermal emission imaging system (E-THEMIS) for ]'s mission to study the Jupiter moon, Europa.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aerospace-technology.com/news/newsball-aerospace-to-develop-thermal-imaging-system-for-nasas-europa-mission-4599482\|title=Ball Aerospace to develop thermal imaging system for Nasa's Europa mission}}{{Unreliable source?\|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST\|date=July 2016}}</ref>
			* ]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Ball Aerospace team assembles Kepler spacecraft \|url=https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1011/ball-aerospace-team-assembles-kepler-spacecraft \|access-date=2024-03-13 \|website=Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Ball Aerospace-Built Kepler Spacecraft Launches From Cape Canaveral \|url=https://investors.ball.com/news-and-presentations/news-releases/news-releases-details/2009/Ball-Aerospace-Built-Kepler-Spacecraft-Launches-From-Cape-Canaveral/default.aspx \|access-date=2024-03-13 \|website=investors.ball.com \|language=en-US}}</ref>
	* The ]<ref>]</ref>{{Circular reference\|date=November 2017}} satellite for forecasting and severe weather warnings to replace the ]<ref>]</ref>{{Circular reference\|date=November 2017}} satellite.

	=== ~~Historical =~~==		==See also==
			{{portal\|Companies\|Technology\|Space\|Aviation\|United States\|Colorado}}
	* The ]<ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018142153/http://www.ballaerospace.com/kepler.html \|date=2006-10-18 }}</ref> satellite to search for habitable planets
			*]
	* ]'s remote sensing spacecraft: ] (with ]), ], and ]
			{{clear}}
	* The instrumentation for the ]. Ball Aerospace developed the Cryogenic Telescope Assembly (CTA) and two of the three science instruments: the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) and the Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS).
	* Instrument packages for the ], including the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) and the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), all which were installed on the observatory during the ] mission ] in 2009. After the servicing mission was completed, all of Hubble's scientific instruments are of Ball Aerospace manufacture. Ball also built the ] (COSTAR), which corrected an early defect in the Hubble's main mirror, the ] (NICMOS), and the ] (STIS) instruments.
⚫	* ]<ref name="Yenne">{{cite book\|author=Yenne, Bill\|title=''The Encyclopedia of US Spacecraft''\|publisher=Exeter Books (A Bison Book), New York\|year=1985\|isbn=0-671-07580-2}}p.12 '''AEROS'''</ref>
	* ], a joint NASA and ] environmental spacecraft
	* ], a ] Earth observation spacecraft
	* '']'' spacecraft. Ball Aerospace designed and built the spacecraft and all of its instrument packages for ].
	* Star trackers for NASA's ]
	* The ] (MRO) ] camera
	* ] (JSF) conformal antennas
	* High-Gain Antenna Gimbal (HGAG) and the Panoramic-camera Mast Assembly (PMA) for the ]
	* ] (OSO)
	* ] (IRAS). Ball Aerospace developed and built the ] cooled ], ] and sunshade
	* The Mast Mounted Sight for the ] Kiowa helicopter
	* ] Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer
	* The ]<ref>]</ref>{{Circular reference\|date=November 2017}} satellite for forecasting and severe weather warnings.

	== References ==		==References==
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
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American aerospace company

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Spacecraft, defense, scientific instruments
Founded	1956; 69 years ago (1956)
Defunct	February 16, 2024; 10 months ago (2024-02-16)
Fate	Acquired by BAE Systems Inc.
Headquarters	Broomfield, Colorado, U.S.
Key people	Dave Kaufman - President
Number of employees	c. 5,200 (2023)
Parent	Ball Corporation
Website	ballaerospace.com

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.

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 & Mission systems.

History

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 as the 54th largest defense contractor in the world. 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. On February 14, 2024 The companies announced that all regulatory approvals were in place to allow the deal to complete. The deal was closed on February 16, 2024.