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Space

Microsoft’s New Azure Cloud Platform for the Space Industry Includes SpaceX Starlink and SES MEO Services

By Rachel Jewett

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

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Microsoft’s New Azure Cloud Platform for the Space Industry Includes SpaceX Starlink and SES MEO Services

Microsoft wants Azure Space to be the preferred cloud computing platform for the space industry. Photo: Microsoft

Microsoft [MSFT]is making a play to be the cloud platform of choice for the space industry as on Tuesday it unveiled Azure Space, which will bring together Azure technology and a network of industry partners like SpaceX. Microsoft plans to give its customers satellite connectivity via SpaceX’s Starink constellation, and connect Starlink with its new Modular Datacenter (MDC) offering, which provides cloud computing in challenging environments. SpaceX and Microsoft said the two companies have been working together for months jointly…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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