Jane Edwards
Clinton Crosier, director of Aerospace and Satellite Solutions at Amazon Web Services, said AWS is providing ground stations to help companies and government clients process and analyze satellite-derived data and transmit information in minutes, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.
“AWS is moving into space in a very big way,“ Crosier, a retired U.S. Air Force major general who helped establish the U.S. Space Force, said Tuesday at the 2021 SmallSat Symposium.
He mentioned BlackSky, Iceye, Capella Space, Fireball International and NASA“™s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as some of AWS customers that use cloud and ground stations to process data from satellites.
“We“™re trying to help customers take advantage of the cloud“™s competitive advantage,“ he added.
