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INSTRUMENTS With six decades of experience, Ball Aerospace is the provider of choice for leading-edge imaging systems. Ball has consistently delivered reliable and affordable instruments that span the electromagnec spectrum for a wide range of military, intelligence, civil and commercial applicaons. Ball Aerospace 303-939-6100 • Fax: 303-939-6104 • [email protected] • www.ball.com/aerospace Copyright 12/2016, Ball Aerospace D3134 GO BEYOND WITH BALL. ® Kepler/K2 SPECIALIZED TELESCOPES Ball delivers affordable, ingenious soluons to solve its customers’ toughest planetary, astronomical and space situaonal awareness challenges. KEPLER AND K2 Ball designed and built the photometer and spacecraſt and supports mission operaons for NASA’s exoplanet-hunng Kepler mission. The photometer connuously measures the brightness of 150,000 stars, allowing it to detect changes in brightness due to a passing planet. The poinng precision of the spacecraſt is controlled to within a few milli- arcseconds and its photometer features a focal plane array of 42 charge coupled devices to collect the photons of light observed by Kepler. Now in phase two of operaons, known as K2, the telescope is conducng new research into planet formaon and stellar structure, as well as planet evoluon and acvity. SBSS Providing crical 24/7 space situaonal awareness on-orbit, Ball was responsible for delivering the enre space segment for the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite. The SBSS agile gimbaled visible sensor accurately detects space objects with increased capacity and improved meliness, sensivity and overall flexibility. HIRISE Ball designed and built the High Resoluon Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. HiRISE is the largest telescopic camera ever sent into orbit around another planet and is able to idenfy images as small as a coffee table. Predicng weather and monitoring the Earth’s environment for civil and military needs alike, Ball has a consistent track record of delivering affordable instruments to its customers and has experience with both fixed-price and cost-plus Earth observaon instruments. D3134 Months 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 250 Design Life Months Actual Still Operating as of December 2016 168 216 2013 2011 2009 2007 2006 2001 2001 1984 1978 Earth Observation Instruments OLI (LandSat 8) OMPS (NPP) Spacecraft failure *8 built; all exceeded lifetime SBUV/2 (FM-8)* WorldView-1 CALIPSO SAGE III QuickBird SAGE II CZCS 2005 104 130 2009 2006 2005 Specialized Instruments Kepler/K2 (Photometer) Deep Impact/ EPOXI HiRISE (MRO) Ralph Repaired after 84 months, still operational Underwent on-orbit repairs; currently inactive Partially operational 116 159 159 179 2009 2009 1997 1997 2002 2003 2003 1991 Great Observatory Instruments COS (HST) STIS (HST) WFC3 (HST) NICMOS (HST) ACS (HST) IRS (Spitzer) MIPS (Spitzer) OSSE (Compton) 2010 SBSS CAVIS (WorldView-3) GMI (GPM) 2014 2014 Lost spacecraft communications Closest encounter to Pluto, July 14 179 120 120 108

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Page 1: TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS002).pdf...INSTRUMENTS With six decades of experience, Ball Aerospace is the provider of choice for leading-edge imaging systems. Ball has consistently delivered

INSTRUMENTS

With six decades of experience, Ball Aerospace is the provider of choice for leading-edge imaging systems. Ball has consistently delivered reliable and affordable instruments that span the electromagnetic spectrum for a wide range of military, intelligence, civil and commercial applications.

Ball Aerospace 303-939-6100 • Fax: 303-939-6104 • [email protected] • www.ball.com/aerospace Copyright 12/2016, Ball Aerospace D3134

GO BEYOND WITH BALL.®

Kepler/K2

SPECIALIZED TELESCOPES

Ball delivers affordable, ingenious solutions to solve its customers’ toughest planetary, astronomical and space situational awareness challenges.

KEPLER AND K2Ball designed and built the photometer and spacecraft and supports mission operations for NASA’s exoplanet-hunting Kepler mission. The photometer continuously measures the brightness of 150,000 stars, allowing it to detect changes in brightness due to a passing planet. The pointing precision of the spacecraft is controlled to within a few milli-arcseconds and its photometer features a focal plane array of 42 charge coupled devices to collect the photons of light observed by Kepler. Now in phase two of operations, known as K2, the telescope is conducting new research into planet formation and stellar structure, as well as planet evolution and activity.

SBSSProviding critical 24/7 space situational awareness on-orbit, Ball was responsible for delivering the entire space segment for the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite. The SBSS agile gimbaled visible sensor accurately detects space objects with increased capacity and improved timeliness, sensitivity and overall flexibility.

HIRISEBall designed and built the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE), NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. HiRISE is the largest telescopic camera ever sent into orbit around another planet and is able to identify images as small as a coffee table.

Predicting weather and monitoring the Earth’s environment for civil and military needs alike, Ball has a consistent track record of delivering affordable instruments to its customers and has experience with both fixed-price and cost-plus Earth observation instruments.

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Months0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 250

Design LifeMonths ActualStill Operating asof December 2016

168

216

2013

2011

2009

2007

2006

2001

2001

1984

1978

Eart

h O

bser

vatio

n In

stru

men

ts OLI(LandSat 8)

OMPS(NPP)

Spacecraft failure

*8 built; all exceeded lifetimeSBUV/2(FM-8)*

WorldView-1

CALIPSO

SAGE III

QuickBird

SAGE II

CZCS

2005

104

130

2009

2006

2005

Spec

ializ

ed In

stru

men

ts

Kepler/K2(Photometer)

Deep Impact/EPOXI

HiRISE(MRO)

Ralph

Repaired after 84 months, still operational

Underwent on-orbit repairs; currently inactive

Partially operational

116

159

159

179

2009

2009

1997

1997

2002

2003

2003

1991Gre

at O

bser

vato

ry In

stru

men

ts

COS(HST)

STIS(HST)

WFC3(HST)

NICMOS(HST)

ACS(HST)

IRS(Spitzer)

MIPS(Spitzer)

OSSE(Compton)

2010SBSS

CAVIS(WorldView-3)

GMI(GPM)

2014

2014

Lost spacecraft communications

Closest encounter to Pluto, July 14

179

120

120

108

Page 2: TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS002).pdf...INSTRUMENTS With six decades of experience, Ball Aerospace is the provider of choice for leading-edge imaging systems. Ball has consistently delivered

Top to bottom: OSSE, seven Hubble Scientfic Instruments, AspectCamer/Science Instrument

Module, Spitzer and JWST

Ball is proud to have contributed to all four of NASA’s Great Observatories, including the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA designed the Great Observatories to make astronomical studies over many different wavelengths (visible, gamma rays, X-rays and infrared) to provide a greater understanding of the universe.

COMPTON GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORYBall built the Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment (OSSE)and two star trackers for the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. OSSE, along with three other instruments, detects high-energy radiation.

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE This Great Observatory almost never observed clearly without the assistance of the Ball-developed corrective optics that act as Hubble’s eyeglasses. After the telescope

was launched, a spherical anomaly distorted its imagery, and Ball was called upon to solve the problem. Since restoring the telescope’s imaging capability in 1993, Ball has built six more instruments for Hubble. Currently, all of the scientific instruments aboard the telescope are Ball-built.

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY For the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Ball built the Aspect Camera and Science Instrument Module to help identify hot spots in the universe, such as exploded stars and matter near black holes.

SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE Ball built the “eyes” of Spitzer — also called the Cryogenic Telescope Assembly — and two of the three science instruments onboard this infrared observatory.

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPECarrying on the legacy of the Great Observatories, Ball developed the optical telescope for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s next-generation space observatory.

The system includes 18 1.3-meter hexagonal mirror segments to compose the 6.5-meter primary mirror, making it the largest mirror ever flown in space. Ball leads the development, design, manufacture, integration and test of Webb’s primary, secondary, tertiary and fine-steering mirrors.

As both a spacecraft and instrument developer, Ball has a unique understanding of instrument integration and outstanding experience delivering end-to-end systems. This knowledge gives Ball a mission systems expertise that translates into a proven ability to fulfill our customers’ most challenging requirements. Ball specializes in providing advanced electro-optical, infrared and multi-spectral imaging systems for civil, commercial, defense and restricted missions.

Top to Bottom: MOIRE, GMI and OLI.

OVERVIEW

GREAT OBSERVATORIES

Predicting weather and monitoring the Earth’s environment for civil and military needs alike, Ball has a consistent track record of delivering affordable instruments to its customers and has experience with both fixed-price and cost-plus Earth observation instruments.

MOIRE Ball completed the Membrane Optical Imager for Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE), a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)-funded program that aimed to provide persistent, real-time tactical video to the warfighter using a large aperture telescope. The program demonstrated Ball’s ability to manufacture large collection area telescopes (up to 20 meters); the large structures needed to hold the optics tight and flat; and the additional optical elements needed to turn a diffraction-based optic into a wide bandwidth imaging device

CAVISThe Ball-built Cloud, Aerosol, Water Vapor, Ice, Snow (CAVIS) atmospheric instrument aboard WorldView-3, a commercial imagery satellite also built by Ball, provides atmospheric correction data to improve WorldView-3’s imagery. Ball provided the CAVIS instrument at a fixed-price and substantial cost savings by using a modular and command product for the electronics designs, focal plane detectors and spectral filter.

GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT-MICROWAVE IMAGER (GMI) This Ball-instrument is setting the new standard for calibration for the scientific community’s radiometer needs. This imager is central to the Global Precipitation Measurement

EARTHOBSERVATION

(GPM) mission’ s success by allowing for temporal sampling of rainfall accumulations, as well as more frequent and higher quality data collection.

OPERATIONAL LAND IMAGER To continue 40 years of land data records and to meet the nation’s imaging requirement, Ball was called upon to build the Operational Land Imager (OLI) for Landsat 8. OLI is a highly calibrated, precise, multi-spectral imaging instrument that enables better spatial resolution and greater sensitivity to brightness and color than any previous Landsat mission. OLI has set the new Landsat standard for radiometric and geometric accuracy.

WORLDVIEW-1Ball built the fixed-price WorldView-1 60-centimeter telescope and assembled the entire instrument to provide high resolution imaging capabilities to DigitalGlobe. The WorldView-1 spacecraft was also built by Ball and is capable of collecting up to 500,000 square kilometers (200,000 sq. mi.) of half-meter imagery per day with extremely precise geolocation accuracy.

CALIPSOThe Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) mission is dedicated to studying the impact that clouds and aerosols have on the Earth’s climate. The lidar scans the atmosphere with green and infrared laser light and detects backscatter from

clouds and aerosols. Its primary laser successfully fired more than 1.6 billion shots on orbit and its redundant laser has registered more than three billion laser shots.