Merge pull request #291657 from hrshelar/patch-12

Add retirement banner to Azure Orbital Ground Station

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/orbital/initiate-licensing.md

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 # Initiate ground station licensing
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> [Azure Orbital Ground Station is retiring on December 18th, 2024](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=Azure-Orbital-Ground-Station-Retirement) and has stopped issuing new authorizations.
+
 ## About satellite and ground station licensing
 
 Both satellites and ground stations require authorizations from federal regulators and other government agencies to operate.

articles/orbital/overview.md

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 # Azure Orbital Ground Station overview
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> [Azure Orbital Ground Station is retiring on December 18th, 2024](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=Azure-Orbital-Ground-Station-Retirement) and has stopped issuing new authorizations.
+
+
 > [!VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/embed/hQbGZi9iwE4]
 
 With Azure Orbital Ground Station, your space data is delivered with near-zero latency to your Azure region over the secure and highly available Microsoft network. Azure Orbital Ground Station supports both Microsoft and industry leading Partner ground station networks, ensuring access to the best sites and networks to support your space missions. Deploying and operating a large, globally distributed ground station solution for your space mission can now be done with the reliability and flexibility of the cloud—at any classification level.

articles/orbital/register-spacecraft.md

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 # Create and authorize a spacecraft resource
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> [Azure Orbital Ground Station is retiring on December 18th, 2024](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=Azure-Orbital-Ground-Station-Retirement) and has stopped issuing new authorizations.
+
 To contact a satellite, it must be registered and authorized as a spacecraft resource with Azure Orbital Ground Station.
 
 ## Prerequisites