Ball Aerospace Joins Boeing Team for New NOAA Weather System

BOULDER, Colo., May 25, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has joined an elite team led by Boeing Co. in a competitive bid for the next-generation geostationary weather and environment system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system, known as GOES-R, is the evolution of NOAA's geostationary satellite-based weather capability. The Boeing GOES-R team submitted its proposal on May 10.

Ball Aerospace, with its deep industry experience in spaceborne remote sensing instruments, is tasked to lead the Payload Instrument Accommodation, which includes delivering the integrated and tested payload suite. Ball is currently under contract to provide the integrated NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft and four integrated NPOESS instruments.

President and CEO Dave Taylor said Ball's extensive experience in designing and building spacecraft and remote sensing instruments, plus its instrument integration work such as NPP, strongly compliment the Boeing team.

The GOES satellite family is the backbone of U.S. weather forecasting, environmental remote sensing and climate prediction. GOES spacecraft help meteorologists observe and predict local weather events, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, fog, flash floods, and other severe weather. In addition, GOES observations have proven helpful in monitoring dust storms, volcanic eruptions, and forest fires.

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