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Amazon Web Services set a goal of completing 12 ground stations by the end of 2019.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0May 8, 2019Lockheed Martin mulls electronically steered antennas for Verge ground station expansion

Verge will be operational in 2020 and will downlink data for a pay-by-the-minute service while pushing that data to the Amazon Web Services cloud.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0May 8, 2019Lockheed Martin mulls electronically steered antennas for Verge ground station expansion

Shayn Hawthorne is a senior manager at Amazon Web Services and leads the AWS Ground Station program.

GovernanceValue 3.5May 6, 2019Reprogrammable satellites make cybersecurity more critical, experts say

Christine highlighted that companies like SpaceX, OneWeb, and Amazon are working on megaconstellations in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide inexpensive broadband services.

GeneralCapabilityGrowthValue 2.5Apr 29, 2019Why a Space Force could be good for business

After the divorce settlement, Jeff Bezos’ remaining Amazon shares were estimated at a value of $108,000,000,000.

FinancialGeneralValue 4.2Apr 4, 2019Amazon planning 3,236-satellite constellation for internet connectivity

Jeff Bezos sells $1,000,000,000 in Amazon stock annually to fund Blue Origin.

FinancialRelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Apr 4, 2019Amazon planning 3,236-satellite constellation for internet connectivity

Atlas Space Operations collaborates with Amazon Web Services as its baseline solution for providing a fully managed ground station-as-a-service.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2Dec 3, 2018Atlas Space Operations wins first defense customer

Amazon Web Services and Lockheed Martin partnered to provide satellite ground stations as a service under the name AWS Ground Station.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.6Nov 29, 2018Amazon-Lockheed venture casts shadow on ground station startups

AWS plans to expand the AWS Ground Station network globally and to include X-band frequencies.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 29, 2018Amazon-Lockheed venture casts shadow on ground station startups

AWS Ground Station will use a network of ground stations called Verge developed by Lockheed Martin.

GeneralRelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.5Nov 29, 2018Amazon-Lockheed venture casts shadow on ground station startups

AWS Ground Station will offer services on a pay-as-you-go basis similar to other Amazon cloud services.

GeneralFinancialValue 2.2Nov 28, 2018Satellite data business is Amazon’s next disruption target

Amazon partnered with Lockheed Martin to provide low-cost ground infrastructure to satellite startups under a venture called AWS Ground Station.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 28, 2018Satellite data business is Amazon’s next disruption target

Amazon operates two ground stations in operation and plans to complete 12 ground stations in 2019, all co-located with AWS data centers.

PlanCapabilityGrowthValue 4.0Nov 28, 2018Satellite data business is Amazon’s next disruption target

Amazon Web Services became an Iridium customer in 2018, which Iridium expects will expand its Internet-of-Things business among Amazon partners.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 4.0Nov 3, 2018Iridium expects Aireon to pay off $200M debt by end of 2021

Kratos Defense and Security provides ground systems for satellite operators and works with Amazon and Microsoft to ensure their cloud networks meet U.S. government standards.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.8Jun 28, 2018Satellite industry doing surprisingly well against cyber threats, experts say

Jeff Bezos finances Blue Origin in part by selling $1,000,000,000 a year in Amazon.com stock to fund the company.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0May 29, 2018Bezos outlines vision of Blue Origin’s lunar future

SpaceNet includes over 5,700 square kilometers of DigitalGlobe imagery hosted on Amazon Web Services.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 25, 2018Intelligence community, companies give out satellite imagery to motivate app developers

DigitalGlobe invested in ground stations to cover 45 percent of the land in real time and 95 percent of the land within 20 minutes and moved into the Amazon cloud to shrink data delivery times to end users in some cases to minutes.

CapabilityFinancialValue 4.0Apr 24, 2018Satellite operators, data analysts agree on need for speed
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