Tag: Azure Space
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Microsoft Azure enlists generative AI to help Pentagon look for satellite imagery
The Department of Defense envisions linking multiple ground communication systems with diverse satellite networks. (Photo via Defense Innovation Unit) Can a chatbot help Pentagon planners find the satellite data they need to understand what’s happening in a global hotspot? Microsoft Azure Space recently showed the U.S. military how an application beefed up with AI could…
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Satellite plans move ahead for Kymeta and OneWeb — and for SpaceX and T-Mobile
Kymeta’s team shows off flat-panel antennas made for OneWeb. (Kymeta Photo via Business Wire) Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp. says it has completed its first shipment of electronically steered flat-panel antennas to OneWeb for that company’s satellite-based data network. In a news release timed to coincide with the Satellite 2023 conference in Washington, D.C., Kymeta said…
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LEOcloud, Microsoft team up with Axiom Space to put cloud infrastructure in orbit
An artist’s conception shows Axiom Station taking shape in orbit. (Axiom Space Illustration) When Houston-based Axiom Space starts putting together its commercial space station, some out-of-this-world infrastructure for cloud computing could be close behind — and Microsoft could help make it happen. That vision of “infrastructure as a service” in low Earth orbit, or LEO,…
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Microsoft and Amazon take on new roles in Pentagon’s space communication plans
The Pentagon is working with commercial ventures to upgrade space-based networks. (Microsoft Illustration) Microsoft Azure Space, Amazon Web Services and Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network are now among the Pentagon’s partners in a campaign to upgrade space- and ground-based communications infrastructure for national security purposes. The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded contracts to those three…
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Microsoft’s Azure Space strengthens its partnerships with final-frontier pioneers
Azure Space’s partners make use of space-based as well as ground-based assets. (Microsoft Graphic) Microsoft doesn’t build rockets. It doesn’t build satellites, and it doesn’t have a launch pad. So what does Microsoft’s Azure Space business unit do? “Azure Space is about bringing cloud computing and space technologies together with a partner ecosystem,” Stephen Kitay,…