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The two AWS ground stations in Ohio and Oregon are the first of a planned 12 global ground stations.

Mentioned as: AWSTechnical ProductMay 23, 2019Amazon activates ground station business with first two of 12 stations

AWS plans to increase the number of ground stations beyond 12 and to increase the number of antennas at each location after 2019.

Mentioned as: AWSTechnical ProductMay 23, 2019Amazon activates ground station business with first two of 12 stations

AWS has not committed to supporting the proposed low Earth orbit system of more than 3,000 satellites.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralMay 23, 2019Amazon activates ground station business with first two of 12 stations

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

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipMay 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.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative PlanMay 8, 2019Lockheed Martin mulls electronically steered antennas for Verge ground station expansion

AWS is building a network of ground stations to communicate with satellites and ensure secure communications systems.

Mentioned as: AWSTechnical ProductMay 6, 2019Reprogrammable satellites make cybersecurity more critical, experts say

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

Mentioned as: AWS Ground StationTechnical ProductMay 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.

Mentioned as: AmazonTechnical ProductApr 29, 2019Why a Space Force could be good for business

Amazon has not disclosed who would build the Kuiper Systems satellites or when they would be launched.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralApr 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.

Mentioned as: AmazonTechnical ProductApr 4, 2019Amazon planning 3,236-satellite constellation for internet connectivity

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

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative FinancialApr 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.

Mentioned as: Amazon Web ServicesOrg RelationshipDec 3, 2018Atlas Space Operations wins first defense customer

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

Mentioned as: AWS Ground StationTechnical ProductNov 29, 2018Amazon-Lockheed venture casts shadow on ground station startups

Amazon Web Services presented the AWS Ground Station partnership at the AWS re:Invent conference on 2018-11-27 in Las Vegas.

Mentioned as: awsOrg RelationshipNov 29, 2018Amazon-Lockheed venture casts shadow on ground station startups

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

Mentioned as: AWS Ground StationTechnical ProductNov 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.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipNov 29, 2018Amazon-Lockheed venture casts shadow on ground station startups

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

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipNov 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.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipNov 28, 2018Satellite data business is Amazon’s next disruption target

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

Mentioned as: AmazonTechnical ProductNov 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.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipNov 3, 2018Iridium expects Aireon to pay off $200M debt by end of 2021
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