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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 21:30

CGS SpA

CGS SpA is an Italian prime contractor for small satellites.

CGS SpA provides the user community with solutions for space science and space applications by:

  • Exploiting the potential of small and medium satellite missions;
  • Exploiting orbital and transportation systems;
  • Focusing on the technologies that can be turned into products for scientific and application projects;
  • Developing technologies for Earth Observation services.
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Thursday, 07 June 2012 20:53

Ball Aerospace

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (commonly Ball Aerospace) is a manufacturer of spacecraft, components, and instruments for national defense, civil space and commercial space applications.

This American company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Corp., with primary offices in Boulder and facilities in Broomfield and Westminster in Colorado, with smaller offices in New Mexico, Ohio, Georgia, Northern Virginia, and Maryland.

Ball Aerospace began building pointing controls for military rockets in 1956, and later won a contract to build one of NASA’s first spacecraft, the Orbiting Solar Observatory. 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.

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