Ball Aerospace has received a sole-source contract from Nasa, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the joint polar satellite system (JPSS-1) spacecraft.
Under the contract, Ball will design, build and test the spacecraft, and integrate government-furnished instruments.
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The firm will also equip the satellite with the launch vehicle and support launch operations and on-orbit checkout.
The spacecraft is a clone of the national polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system preparatory project, and JPSS-1 is expected to be ready for launch in 2014.
The JPSS includes satellites and sensors supporting civil weather and climate measurements and a shared ground infrastructure with the Department of Defense weather satellite system.
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