Amazon Web Services, the cloud-computing giant of Amazon, which provides the ground infrastructure for companies to process and analyze data from satellites, is planning to attract new customers by offering more customized services such as cloud-based satellite operations and mission control, reported Space News
Clinton Crosier, Director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, said, “AWS is moving into space in a very big way.” Crosier also mentioned AWS’s deepening reach into the space industry wherein recently SpaceX’s record-setting small satellite rideshare wherein most of the satellites were either operated by AWS’s customers or use the AWS ground station and cloud computing tools.
AWS is developing a new service for startups that would be akin to full-service consulting, using partner companies to help startups “accelerate their entrance into the space market,” said Crosier.
