Public cloud and enterprise software company using SES MEO services for Azure-related connectivity and collaborating on cloud-integrated ground infrastructure.
Public cloud and enterprise software company using SES MEO services for Azure-related connectivity and collaborating on cloud-integrated ground infrastructure.
Kratos supplies OpenSpace VNFs and the OpenSpace Digitizer to Microsoft Azure Orbital, integrating Kratos’ virtualized ground-system components into Azure Orbital so satellite operators can control and process spacecraft communications in the cloud.
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Kratos supplies ground station capabilities as a partner in the Azure Orbital ecosystem (since 2020).
Intelsat supplies satellite connectivity services as an ExpressRoute partner, enabling global reach and high-performance access to Azure cloud platform via its GEO satellite network (since 2019).
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Intelsat works with Microsoft to send customer data from satellite networks into Microsoft’s Azure fiber-linked data centers as part of Azure Orbital connectivity and cloud integration efforts.
Viasat supplies satellite connectivity via ExpressRoute Direct Cloud Connect and integrates Real-Time Earth (RTE) ground antennas with Azure Orbital for ground station services (since 2019-2020, expanded 2023).
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Viasat works with Microsoft on sending customer data into Azure and on satellite connectivity integrations for Azure Orbital and related services.
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Loft Orbital— customer · supplier2 connectionsTell me more
Loft Orbital supplies virtual mission infrastructure and AI edge-computing capabilities on YAM-6 for Azure Space partners and on-orbit demonstrations.
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Loft Orbital supplies virtual mission infrastructure and on‑orbit compute hardware/access that Microsoft integrates with Azure for on‑orbit compute, and Loft is partnering with Microsoft to enable deploying software applications from Azure to Loft satellites (on-orbit compute collaboration & end-to-end mission support).
KSAT supplies a network of more than 200 satellite antennas and ground-station services integrated with Microsoft’s Azure Orbital Ground Station to support customer missions and onboarding (KSAT demonstrated onboarding Loft Orbital to Azure Orbital Ground Station).
Microsoft was contracted/provisioned to provide Azure Government cloud services, ground-station infrastructure, and secure satellite operations and productivity solutions to support Ball Aerospace and SDA’s NExT program operations and satellite ground segments.
Microsoft supplies Azure Orbital Ground Station as the sole ground provider for Muon Space's MuSat-1 mission and first two launches (since 2022-2023).
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Airbus— customer · customer / program partner2 connectionsTell me more
Microsoft supplies Azure Stack and cloud services for Airbus Defence and Space operations, including building and launching aerospace solutions (ongoing).
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Microsoft supplies cloud infrastructure and Azure integration to Airbus for space-system data processing and supports Airbus as a member of the Azure Space Partner Community for joint development and scaling of space/cloud solutions.
Microsoft supplied Fabric Real-Time Analytics / Power BI capabilities that One NZ used to democratise data access, enabling faster customer support and analytics-driven decision making across One NZ's operations.
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KSAT— supplier/customer (ground services)Tell me more
Microsoft supplies Azure Orbital Ground Station services to KSAT-connected customers and supports KSAT’s use of Azure Orbital for customer missions; KSAT also provides ground-station access that enables customers to move data into Azure (mutual operational relationship demonstrated with Loft Orbital onboarding).
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Esri— partner/customer · strategic partner2 connectionsTell me more
Microsoft supplies Azure-hosted GIS and cloud integration to Esri for geospatial processing and is engaged as an Azure Space Partner Community member to jointly support space-derived data analysis workflows.
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Microsoft provides cloud and platform integration that enables Esri’s ArcGIS spatial analytics to run natively inside Microsoft Fabric and other Microsoft cloud products; the partnership integrates Microsoft platform capabilities with Esri software to enable customers (including those in aerospace and space-data analytics) to process and analyze large spatial datasets.
Microsoft supplies the Azure Orbital ground-station-as-a-service platform and cloud infrastructure that Kratos integrates with: Kratos’ OpenSpace Digitizer and OpenSpace VNFs are built into the Azure Orbital cloud architecture, enabling Kratos to deliver virtualized ground systems and satellite ground services on Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft Marketplace hosts Exostar’s CMMC Ready Suite and serves as a distribution/platform channel that enables Exostar to deliver compliance products to customers via Microsoft’s commercial marketplace (announcement of Exostar product on Microsoft Marketplace).
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Mangata Networks— strategic partner / supplier · strategic partner / mission user2 connectionsTell me more
Microsoft and Mangata Networks established a strategic collaboration to integrate Microsoft Azure adaptive cloud and AI capabilities with Mangata's satellite-enabled edge cloud (MangataEdge) — Microsoft supplies cloud, AI and Azure adaptive cloud technologies and co-development support to enable Mangata's edge cloud services.
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Mangata Networks will supply satellite-enabled edge cloud and managed services to extend Microsoft Azure adaptive cloud to edge locations (Mangata's managed services and MangataEdge micro data centers are described as extending Azure functionality and edge AI workloads into regions served by Mangata's network).
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SES— strategic partner · supplier3 connectionsTell me more
SES supplies MEO connectivity services as the founding MEO connectivity partner for Microsoft Azure Orbital, builds gateway infrastructure, co-locates O3b mPOWER teleports with Azure datacenters, and provides ExpressRoute satellite connectivity; multi-year digital transformation agreement including joint cloud-based services (ongoing since 2019-2020).
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SES supplies Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) internet connectivity services to Microsoft for Azure Orbital and integration with Microsoft’s MEO-enabled Managed Distributed Cloud (MDC) and Azure network to provide low-latency satellite connectivity and backup services (partnership described as expanded integration).
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Microsoft serves SES by integrating SES MEO satellite connectivity with Azure and Microsoft’s Managed Distributed Cloud (MDC), enabling low-latency cloud services at the connected intelligent edge for mutual customers and mission use-cases.
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