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Ball Aerospace Ships Flight Units for NASA Spacecraft’s Laser Ranging System

Ball Aerospace Ships Flight Units for NASA Spacecraft's Laser Ranging System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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ball aerospaceBall Aerospace & Technologies has provided laser frequency stabilization reference flight units to NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in support of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On space mission.

The company said Thursday the flight units of the GRACE Follow-On spacecraft’s Laser Ranging Interferometer payload works to facilitate increased accuracy of measurement changes in Earth’s water resources.

Ball Aerospace delivered the components after completing environmental testing as part of efforts to develop future flight instruments under NASA’s Instrument Incubator Program, the company added.

The launch of the GRACE Follow-On spacecraft is scheduled in 2017.

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