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Microsoft launched a private preview of the Azure Orbital Space Software Development Kit (SDK) on 2022-11-17.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipNov 17, 2022Azure Orbital Space unveils software tools for space applications

Microsoft established an AI Innovation Council with local partners and nonprofits to work alongside its AI for Good Labs expansion in Africa.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2022Microsoft & Planet Join Hands to Provide AI, Satellite Data in Africa

Planet Labs, Microsoft, and The Nature Conservancy launched private previews of the Global Renewables Watch at Energy Day during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).

Mentioned as: MicrosoftNarrative GeneralNov 16, 2022Microsoft & Planet Join Hands to Provide AI, Satellite Data in Africa

LEOcloud’s space-based infrastructure will be designed to host Microsoft, Red Hat, and other cloud services.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftTechnical ProductNov 15, 2022LEOcloud and Axiom Space cooperate on edge processing in space

Microsoft was the first large corporate user of the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator and is piloting the tool hosted in Microsoft Azure on a 17-building redevelopment project at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington targeting an embodied carbon reduction of 30%.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipNov 8, 2022Bentley Systems Announces Integration of EC3 with iTwin Platform

The $10,000,000 Ansari XPrize was claimed in 2004 by a team led by aerospace engineer Burt Rutan and backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftNarrative GeneralNov 5, 2022German team wins $5 million ANA Avatar XPrize in space-themed competition

The Defense Innovation Unit signed agreements on 2022-11-02 with Amazon Web Services, Kuiper Government Solutions, Microsoft Azure Space, and SpiderOak Mission Systems for a project to demonstrate space-based communications using interconnected commercial and government networks.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2022Amazon, Microsoft, SpiderOak join Defense Innovation Unit’s hybrid space network project

The Carrier and Wholesale Services division of e& partnered with Microsoft and SES to host a co-located SES O3b mPOWER and Microsoft ground station at Ras Al Khaimah.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2022e& Partners with Microsoft and SES to Offer One-hop Connectivity to Microsoft Azure

HxGN Connect is hosted in Microsoft Azure.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftNarrative GeneralOct 18, 2022Hexagon to Power Real-Time Crime and Operations Centers with AI

e& Carrier and Wholesale Services partnered with Microsoft and SES to host a co-located SES O3b mPOWER and Microsoft ground station at Ras Al Khaimah.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipOct 13, 2022e& and SES Join Forces to Offer One-hop Connectivity to Microsoft Azure

Thales Alenia Space is collaborating with Microsoft on remote sensing and on-orbit computing.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2022Thales Alenia Space enlists HyperScout® M to unlock on-orbit applications from the ISS to benefit Earth

Microsoft is planning to deploy O3b and O3b mPOWER at Azure Network locations to provide network resiliency.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftTechnical ProductSep 14, 2022SES and Microsoft Team Up to Virtualise Cloud-Native Satellite Ground Networks

SES’s O3b MEO technology enables Microsoft to provide dedicated bandwidth and infrastructure suitable for private 0.005 kg networks serving enterprises and institutional agencies with specific performance and security requirements.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2022Taiwan Taps Private 5G for Disaster Recovery

Microsoft will begin offering private previews of Azure Orbital Cloud Access starting 2022-09-14.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2022Microsoft continues expanding Azure Space

Microsoft and Pegatron created a private 0.005 kg network by combining Pegatron’s O-RAN technology and Microsoft’s Affirmed 0.005 kg core solution hosted on an Azure Stack Edge Compute platform.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2022Taiwan Taps Private 5G for Disaster Recovery

The Data Centre situated under the Leuk teleport provides 5000 m² of data storage and direct connectivity to primary cloud providers including Microsoft Azure and AWS.

Mentioned as: Microsoft AzureTechnical ProductSep 1, 2022Celebrating 50 years of successful operations plus a name change from Signalhorn to the LEUK Teleport & Data Center

Wallaroo Labs raised $25,000,000 in a Series A funding round in February led by M12, Microsoft’s venture arm.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipJul 26, 2022Startup Wallaroo Labs wins Space Force contract to model performance of AI on edge devices

Microsoft unveiled the Azure Space Partner Community on 2022-07-19 at the Microsoft Inspire 2022 conference in San Francisco.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftOrg RelationshipJul 19, 2022Microsoft reveals Azure Space Partner Community

Xplore Inc. completed a satellite testing initiative using Microsoft Azure Orbital to conduct satellite operations for NOAA’s NOAA-18 satellite.

Mentioned as: MicrosoftNarrative GeneralJun 27, 2022Xplore’s software delivers satellite operations testing for NOAA with Azure Orbital

Xplore Inc. completed a satellite testing initiative using Microsoft Azure Orbital to conduct satellite operations for the NOAA-18 satellite.

Mentioned as: microsoft azure orbitalTechnical ProductJun 26, 2022Xplore completes satellite testing of Microsoft Azure Orbital
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