NOAA's current generation of geostationary weather satellites are not equipped with ocean color sensors. This image of a Black Sea algae bloom in July 2022 was captured by NOAA-20, the first satellite in NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System in low-Earth orbit. Credit: NOAA Satellite Applications and Research Ocean Color Science Team

SAN FRANCISCO — BAE Systems, the former Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., won a $450 contract to develop an ocean-color instrument for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s next geostationary weather constellation.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...