{"id":17667,"date":"2020-06-30T18:02:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/amazon-web-services-is-creating-its-very-own-space-force-for-cloud-computing\/"},"modified":"2020-06-30T18:02:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:02:45","slug":"amazon-web-services-is-creating-its-very-own-space-force-for-cloud-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/amazon-web-services-is-creating-its-very-own-space-force-for-cloud-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Web Services is creating its very own space force for cloud computing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AWS Ground Station makes use of satellite ground stations. (AWS Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amazon Web Services today unveiled a new business unit devoted to developing data infrastructure and cloud services for the aerospace and satellite industry \u2014 and headed by someone who helped set up the U.S. Space Force.<\/p>\n

The Aerospace and Satellite Solutions business segment will be headed by retired Air Force Major Gen. Clint Crosier, former director of Space Force Planning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe find ourselves in the most exciting time in space since the Apollo missions,\u201d Crosier said in today\u2019s announcement from Amazon. \u201cI have watched AWS transform the IT industry over the last 10 years and be instrumental in so many space milestones. I am honored to join AWS to continue to transform the industry and propel the space enterprise forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The unveiling was announced by Teresa Carlson at the AWS Public Sector Summit Online. \u201cWhether on Earth or in space, AWS is committed to understanding our customers\u2019 missions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Amazon Web Services started down the road to space-centric cloud computing a year and a half ago when it established AWS Ground Station, a cloud service designed for satellite owners and operators.<\/p>\n

AWS Ground Station has been building up a network of literal ground stations for satellite communications, as well as a portfolio of customers ranging from NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Capella Space, a provider of on-demand satellite radar imagery. Today AWS highlighted Capella\u2019s move to go \u201call-in\u201d on its infrastructure, including AWS Ground Station as well as ground-based cloud services.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are redefining what is possible in the satellite industry, and reducing the cost and time required for organizations to benefit from satellite data,\u201d Capella CEO Payam Banazadeh said in a news release.<\/p>\n

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Amazon Web Services facilitates Capella Space\u2019s catalog of satellite radar imagery. (Capella Space Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Walter Scott, executive vice president and chief technology officer for Maxar Technologies, said AWS is providing the \u201cfoundational building blocks\u201d for its satellite data system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new AWS business will support Maxar as we launch our new WorldView Legion satellites next year, which will triple our 30-cm imagery collection and greatly increase our currency and scalability for government missions and commercial use cases,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n

AWS\u2019 Carlson said the world is entering \u201can exciting and daring new age in space,\u201d highlighted by initiatives including space-based IoT and Earth observation services, low-latency satellite internet services and NASA\u2019s Artemis campaign to send astronauts to the moon.<\/p>\n

She promised that the new aerospace and satellite business unit would work with customers and partners to reimagine space system architectures and launch new services that process space data on Earth \u2014 and in orbit.<\/p>\n

Amazon and its billionaire founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, have a couple of other ventures in the works to capitalize on the final frontier.<\/p>\n

Last year, Amazon revealed that it\u2019s working on a venture called Project Kuiper that aims to put thousands of satellites into low Earth orbit to provide global internet access. Then there\u2019s Blue Origin, Bezos\u2019 privately held space venture, which is developing a suborbital spaceship called New Shepard, an orbital-class rocket called New Glenn and a lunar lander called Blue Moon.<\/p>\n

For now, AWS\u2019 new business segment supports Project Kuiper and Blue Origin as customers, just as Amazon.com is treated as a customer. Looking longer-term, those efforts have additional potential for two-way synergy, with Kuiper conceivably providing satellite resources for cloud services and communication, and Blue Origin providing the means to get that hardware into space.<\/p>\n

Competitors to AWS\u2019 space force would include SpaceX, which already has hundreds of satellites in orbit for its Starlink broadband data network; and Microsoft\u2019s Azure cloud computing platform, which has been working on space-related services with partners including NASA and SES, one of the world\u2019s top satellite network operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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