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BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems

Active EO & GEOINT Subsidiary HQ: Boulder, Colorado Founded 1956

Major US space hardware manufacturer -- formerly Ball Aerospace, acquired by BAE Systems in February 2024 and rebranded as BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems. Builds scientific and defense satellites, optical payloads, and instruments (WorldView, JWST segments, Kepler, GOES). Historical NASA contract attribution appears under 'Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp' -- this entry preserves both names.

67.3
ARI Composite
Very Low Risk
#3 of 9
Peer Rank
Manufacturing cohort
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Total Launches
No flights tracked
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Estimated valuation
Not disclosed

FINANCIAL HEALTH

67.3
ARI composite · Very Low Risk
Peer rank#3 of 9
Peer groupManufacturing
Data coverage53%
Tracked gov contracts$2.26B across 45 awards
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RECENT DEALS & CONTRACTS

Date Type Amount Counterparty Significance
Apr 14, 2026 Contract Award $9.4M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Medium
May 20, 2024 Contract Award $25.0M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. Medium
Jun 25, 2020 Contract Award $104.0M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. High
May 24, 2018 Contract Award $307.9M National Aeronautics and Space Administration, BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. High

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SECTOR POSITION

Primary sectorEO & GEOINT
Rank within sector#3 of 9
Tracked peers9

RECENT COVERAGE

Date Source Headline
Apr 14, 2026 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $9.4M to BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. for HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS AND MISSION ARCHIT...
May 20, 2024 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $25.0M to BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. for GEOSTATIONARY EXTENDED OBSERVATIONS (GEOXO) ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION (ACX) IS A N...
May 24, 2018 USAspending.gov Administration Awards $307.9M to BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. for THE WOMA REQUIREMENT WAS ISSUED AS A FULL AND OPEN COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT TO DE...

REGISTRY DATA

Legal nameBAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc.
OwnershipSubsidiary
HeadquartersBoulder, Colorado
CountryUS
Founded1956
ParentBAE Systems plc
AliasesBAE Systems Space & Mission Systems, BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS, BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems, Ball Aerospace, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Key programsWorldView / Maxar imagery instruments, JWST mirror segments, Kepler, NOAA GOES weather instruments, DoD weather satellites, NASA tipping point missions
Gov customersNASA, DoD, Space Force, NOAA, NRO
IPO statusSubsidiary of BAE Systems plc (acquired from Ball Corporation Feb 2024)

Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems official sector page (formerly Ball Aerospace) — confirms EO/space science/SmallSat manufacturing operations.

METHODOLOGY

Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.

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