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#News(General) [ via IoTForIndiaGroup ]
Spire launches small satellites to track all ships across oceans, rivers and lakes.
Amazon’s cloud business is launching a satellite connection service, marking the company’s first public move into space-related hardware and a continuation of its efforts to support the growing industry.
AWS announced a partnership with Iridium Communications in September, to develop a satellite-based network called CloudConnect for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Iridium expects CloudConnect to launch in 2019, catering initially to the agricultural and shipping industries.
The company’s AWS Ground Station unit is building a network of 12 satellite facilities around the world, Amazon announced on Tuesday, and planning to begin operations by the middle of next year. A ground station is the vital link for transmitting data to-and-from satellites in orbi
AWS Ground Station is partnering with several satellite companies, include Spire Global, DigitalGlobe and BlackSky. Each of the companies operate ground facilities already but will work with AWS Ground Station to augment operations. Spire operates more than 30 ground stations already but expects Amazon’s platform will offer faster speeds at lower costs.
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