Tag: Microsoft
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SpaceX is churning out 70 Starlink satellites a week in Redmond, and other tidbits from its IPO filing
SpaceX is producing an average of 70 Starlink satellites per week in Redmond, its IPO filing shows. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Redmond, Wash., has been known for decades as the home of Microsoft, to the extent that the city’s name has become synonymous with the software giant. Maybe it’s time to rethink that, because…
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Microsoft collaborates with NASA on Earth Copilot, an AI guide to our planet’s data
Microsoft and NASA have joined forces to develop Earth Copilot, a software tool that uses artificial intelligence and cloud computing to simplify the process of searching and analyzing Earth science data. The collaboration is part of NASA’s Transform to Open Science Initiative, which aims to make more than 100 petabytes of satellite imagery and other…
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Microsoft joins with students to document humanity with a ‘Golden Record’ of glass
Richard Black, research director for Microsoft’s Project Silica, holds a data storage platter. (Microsoft Photo) Forty-seven years after NASA sent a “Golden Record” into deep space to document humanity’s view of the world, Microsoft’s Project Silica is teaming up with a citizen-science effort to lay the groundwork — or, more aptly, the glasswork — for…
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Satellite plans move ahead for Kymeta and OneWeb — and for SpaceX and T-Mobile
Kymeta’s team shows off flat-panel antennas made for OneWeb. (Kymeta Photo via Business Wire) Redmond, Wash.-based Kymeta Corp. says it has completed its first shipment of electronically steered flat-panel antennas to OneWeb for that company’s satellite-based data network. In a news release timed to coincide with the Satellite 2023 conference in Washington, D.C., Kymeta said…
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LEOcloud, Microsoft team up with Axiom Space to put cloud infrastructure in orbit
An artist’s conception shows Axiom Station taking shape in orbit. (Axiom Space Illustration) When Houston-based Axiom Space starts putting together its commercial space station, some out-of-this-world infrastructure for cloud computing could be close behind — and Microsoft could help make it happen. That vision of “infrastructure as a service” in low Earth orbit, or LEO,…
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Microsoft and Amazon take on new roles in Pentagon’s space communication plans
The Pentagon is working with commercial ventures to upgrade space-based networks. (Microsoft Illustration) Microsoft Azure Space, Amazon Web Services and Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network are now among the Pentagon’s partners in a campaign to upgrade space- and ground-based communications infrastructure for national security purposes. The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded contracts to those three…
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Microsoft Azure ramps up access to cloud computing via SpaceX’s Starlink satellites
A SpaceX Starlink satellite antenna is connected to Microsoft’s Azure Stack Edge device. (Microsoft Photo) With SpaceX’s help, Microsoft is taking the next step toward merging cloud computing with available-anywhere satellite connectivity. Today Microsoft announced the start of a private preview for Azure Orbital Cloud Access, which lets users link up with the cloud in…
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Microsoft’s Azure Space strengthens its partnerships with final-frontier pioneers
Azure Space’s partners make use of space-based as well as ground-based assets. (Microsoft Graphic) Microsoft doesn’t build rockets. It doesn’t build satellites, and it doesn’t have a launch pad. So what does Microsoft’s Azure Space business unit do? “Azure Space is about bringing cloud computing and space technologies together with a partner ecosystem,” Stephen Kitay,…
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Microsoft and Xplore team up with NOAA to demonstrate cloud-based satellite operations
An artist’s rendition shows the NOAA-18 satellite in orbit. (NOAA Illustration) What do you do with an aging weather satellite? If you’re the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, you turn to Microsoft Azure and a Seattle-area startup called Xplore to find out if there’s a cheaper way to keep it going. After a yearlong demonstration…
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Microsoft and HPE put AI to the test on International Space Station … with gloves
An image of a spacewalker’s gloves is analyzed for signs of wear using AI. (Microsoft Photo) “Check my spacewalking gloves, HAL.” The HAL 9000 computer that starred in “2001: A Space Odyssey” — and made such a mess of maintenance issues on the Discovery One spaceship — isn’t on the job on the International Space…