Ball Aerospace to Ship WISE Spacecraft
August 11 2009 - 7:03AM
PR Newswire (US)
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Aerospace
& Technologies Corp. has successfully completed a comprehensive
pre-shipment review for NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer,
or WISE satellite. The pre-shipment review was completed on August
4 and followed assembly and performance testing. Ball Aerospace
engineers have packed the satellite into a shipping container for
delivery in mid-August to California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.
WISE is scheduled to launch in December 2009 aboard a United Launch
Alliance Delta II rocket into an Earth orbit. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090811/LA59729) A
high-resolution photo accompanying this release is available at:
http://www.ballaerospace.com/page.jsp?page=122&id=173 Ball
Aerospace built the WISE spacecraft, integrated the WISE infrared
cryogenic science instrument and performed testing requirements.
During the seven-month mission, WISE will survey the entire sky at
infrared wavelengths to collect data and catalogue hundreds of
millions of objects. The survey will be the most detailed to date
in WISE's infrared wavelengths. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif., manages WISE for NASA's Science Mission
Directorate. Ned Wright of UCLA is the WISE Principal Investigator.
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. supports critical missions
of important national agencies such as the Department of Defense,
NASA, NOAA and other U.S. government and commercial entities. The
company develops and manufactures spacecraft, advanced instruments
and sensors, components, data exploitation systems and RF solutions
for strategic, tactical and scientific applications. Ball
Corporation (NYSE:BLL) is a supplier of high-quality metal and
plastic packaging for beverage, food and household products
customers, and of aerospace and other technologies and services,
primarily for the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its
subsidiaries employ more than 14,000 people worldwide and reported
2008 sales of approximately $7.6 billion. Forward-Looking
Statements This release contains "forward-looking" statements
concerning future events and financial performance. Words such as
"expects," "anticipates," "estimates" and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements
are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. The
company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. Key risks and uncertainties are
summarized in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including Exhibit 99.2 in our Form 10-K, which are available at our
Web site and at http://www.sec.gov/. Factors that might affect our
packaging segments include fluctuation in product demand and
preferences; availability and cost of raw materials; competitive
packaging availability, pricing and substitution; changes in
climate and weather; crop yields; competitive activity; failure to
achieve anticipated productivity improvements or production cost
reductions, including our beverage can end project; mandatory
deposit or other restrictive packaging laws; changes in major
customer or supplier contracts or loss of a major customer or
supplier; and changes in foreign exchange rates, tax rates and
activities of foreign subsidiaries. Factors that might affect our
aerospace segment include: funding, authorization, availability and
returns of government and commercial contracts; and delays,
extensions and technical uncertainties affecting segment contracts.
Factors that might affect the company as a whole include those
listed plus: accounting changes; changes in senior management; the
current global credit squeeze and its effects on liquidity, credit
risk, asset values and the economy; successful or unsuccessful
acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures; integration of
recently acquired businesses; regulatory action or laws including
tax, environmental, health and workplace safety, including in
respect of chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in the
manufacturing process; governmental investigations; technological
developments and innovations; goodwill impairment; antitrust,
patent and other litigation; strikes; labor cost changes; rates of
return projected and earned on assets of the company's defined
benefit retirement plans; pension changes; reduced cash flow;
interest rates affecting our debt; and changes to unaudited results
due to statutory audits or other effects.
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Technologies Corp. CONTACT: Roz Brown of Ball Aerospace &
Technologies Corp., +1-303-533-6059, Web Site:
http://www.ballaerospace.com/
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