Prototype U.S. Weather Satellite Enters Testing

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has finished building the spacecraft bus for the prototype of a new generation of U.S. military/civilian weather satellites, and says it remains on track for the scheduled launch next year. Vibration and thermal-vacuum tests for the modified Ball BCP 2000 commercial...

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