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Amazon Pushes Further into Space With New AWS Business Segment

By Rachel Jewett

Wednesday, July 1st, 2020

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Amazon Pushes Further into Space With New AWS Business Segment

An AWS Ground Station. Photo: AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Tuesday launched a new business segment dedicated to serving the aerospace and satellite industry. The new AWS Aerospace and Satellite Solutions division will be led by retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen Clint Crosier, former director of Space Force Planning at the U.S. Space Force. The company said it plans for the new department to re-imagine space system architectures; transform space enterprises; launch new services that process space data on Earth and in orbit; and…

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