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European Space Agency (ESA)Manufacturer
European Space Agency (ESA)Transporter-11
8/16/2024
AWS plans to expand the AWS Ground Station network globally and to include X-band frequencies.
AWS Ground Station began offering service at its first two sites in May and plans to operate 12 sites by the end of the year.
Aerospace and Satellite Solutions builds off AWS Ground Station, a related AWS business unveiled in 2018 focused on providing communications services to satellites using a network of ground antennas.
Of the 143 satellites aboard the Transporter-1 mission, 115 are operated by AWS customers using AWS services.
The SpaceX small-satellite rideshare mission that carried 143 satellites included 115 satellites that are either operated by AWS customers or use the AWS Ground Station and AWS cloud computing tools.
AWS Direct Connect enables customers to establish a dedicated network connection between their office, data center, co-location site, or other facility and AWS at speeds from 50 Mbps up to 100 Gbps.
AWS has announced plans to launch 21 more Availability Zones and seven more AWS Regions in Australia, Canada, India, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, and Switzerland.
Axiom Space and AWS integrated and operated an AWS Snowcone device on the International Space Station as part of Axiom Mission 1 in April 2022.
Axiom Space intends to equip its mission control center (MCC-A) with cloud capabilities from AWS.
Axiom Space and AWS integrated and operated an AWS Snowcone device on the International Space Station as part of the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) in April 2022.