Amazon Joins Orbital Reef Commercial Space Station Project

Amazon is getting into the private space station business. 

The company has joined the Orbital Reef commercial space station project to provide supply-chain logistics and Amazon Web Services for the private orbital outpost, which is slated to launch by the late 2020s. The Orbital Reef project is led by Blue Origin and Sierra Space, and is a partnership with Boeing, Redwire Space, Genesis Engineering, and Arizona State University. Amazon’s role in Orbital Reef, which the company announced at the 37th National Space Symposium, includes overseeing logistics using its Distribution and Fulfillment Solutions arm. And Amazon Web Services will offer networking, cloud computing and communications solutions for the station’s fight operations, development and design teams. 

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Cybersecurity Threats in The Cloud Software Supply Chain

January 20, 2022 — Cybersecurity Threats in the Cloud Software Supply Chain

Register now for ATARC’s Cybersecurity Threats in the Cloud Software Supply Chain event on January 20, 2022, from 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET. High-profile software supply chain attacks, such as SolarWinds and Kaseya VSA, have shed a glaring light on the disparity between agencies’ perceptions of security within their cloud infrastructure and the reality of supply chain threats that can impact business catastrophically. Tune in to this panel to hear what topic experts have to say on threat assessment within the cloud, and how the Executive Order impacted agencies’ cloud security practices. Register here.