June 18, 2020

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To bring data down from the heavens come to GSaaS says Microsoft as it launches Azure Orbital

To bring data down from the heavens come to GSaaS says Microsoft as it launches Azure Orbital

Birds that aren’t geostationary can tap Redmond’s Ground-Station-as-a-Service for all their downloading needs Ignite  Microsoft has come up with a way to de-orbit data and land it in a cloud.…

Author: Richard Speed

Date: 2020-09-22

URL: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2020/09/22/azure_orbital/

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