Ball Aerospace Integrates Final Payload for STPSat-3

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BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Corp. has successfully integrated the fifth and final payload to fly aboard the
STPSat-3 spacecraft when it launches from Wallops Island, Virginia, in
mid-2013.

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The Joint Component Research (J-CORE) instrument is a space electronics
component payload sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Army
Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC).

"Completing instrument integration is an important step to delivering on-orbit
path-finding experiments for the U.S. Air Force," said David L. Taylor,
president and CEO of Ball Aerospace. "Ball's standard interface vehicle also
increases spaceflight opportunities and lowers non-recurring spacecraft costs."

STPSat-3 is part of the Department of Defense, Space Test Program, Standard
Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) program, managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and
Missile Systems Center, Space Development & Test Directorate at Kirtland Air
Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The STPSat-3 bus was built in 47 days utilizing a common spacecraft and features
standard payload interfaces designed to support a variety of experimental and
risk reduction payloads at various low-Earth orbits.

The STPSat-3 is Ball's second spacecraft for the STP-SIV program. The first,
STPSat-2, was launched November 19, 2010, and continues operational support for
launched payloads. The Ball Configurable Platform-100 (BCP-100) is flight
proven for STP-SIV as well as other Ball Aerospace programs. Under contract to
NASA, Ball will next employ the BCP-100 for the technology demonstration Green
Propellant Infusion Mission.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. supports critical missions for 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. For more
information visit www.ballaerospace.com.

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beverage, food, and household products, and of aerospace and other technologies
and services, primarily for the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its
subsidiaries employ more than 14,500 people worldwide and reported 2011 sales of
more than $8.6 billion. For the latest Ball news and for other company
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