Azure Space technologies advance digital transformation across government agencies

Since its launch, Microsoft Azure Space has been committed to enabling people to achieve more, both on and off the planet. This mission has transcended various industries, including agriculture, finance, insurance, and healthcare. The announcements we’ve made thus far have helped showcase how our mission encompasses not only commercial industries but also empowers government missions through recent contract wins. By bringing new commercial technologies, such as Microsoft 365, Azure Government Cloud, and Azure Orbital, government agencies are increasing the speed, flexibility, and agility of their missions. Today, we are announcing additional momentum on this motion, including: Viasat RTE integration with Azure Orbital Ground Station , bringing high rate, low latency data streaming downlink from spacecraft directly to Azure. A partnership with Ball Aerospace and Loft Federal on the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) National Defense Space Architecture Experimental Testbed (NeXT) program, which will bring 10 satellites with experimental payloads into orbit and provide the associated ground infrastructure. Advancements on the Hybrid Space Architecture for the Defense Innovation Unit, U.S. Space Force and Air Force Research Lab , with new partners and demonstrations that showcase the power, flexibility, and agility of commercial hybrid systems that work across multi-path, multi-orbit, and multi-vendor […]

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