Ball Aerospace named prime contractor for optical satellite system

BOULDER — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been selected by Laser Light Communications LLC as the prime contractor for its all-optical commercial satellite system.

Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Space-based laser communications, using laser beams, provides a new way to move large amounts of information around the globe efficiently. Advantages, of the technology, according to Laser Light is the reduced mass, power, volume of equipment and faster movement of data.

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Laser Light, based in Reston, Va., hopes to serve the high bandwidth data and next-generation service needs of carriers, businesses and government agencies around the world using optical-wave technology.

Ball Aerospace will be responsible for the first phase design analysis that will lead to completion of an eight-satellite constellation operating in medium earth orbit, which covers a range from 1,200 to 22,000 miles above the Earth.

The full constellation of up to 12 satellites is expected to deliver 6 terabits of data per second with service speeds of 200 gigabits per second, bi-directionally.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies is a division of Broomfield-based can manufacturer Ball Corp. (NYSE: BLL).