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More than 50 CEOs and executive leaders from the world’s largest commercial space companies have confirmed to speak at the SATELLITE 2022 Conference and Exhibition, which will take place March […]

One of the world’s most renowned scientists and theoretical physicists, Dr. Michio Kaku, is urging world leaders to update the multilateral 1967 Outer Space Treaty in light of Russia’s recent […]

Northrop Grumman on Thursday said it has appointed Tom Wilson as president of its Space Systems segment effective Jan. 1, 2022, succeeding Blake Larson, who is retiring next February. Wilson […]

Viasat has named a new chief operating officer, selecting Kevin Harkenrider for the role. Harkenrider has been with the company since 2006. As COO, he will oversee the company’s operational […]

David Grossman, the executive director of the GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) is leaving the organization after leading GPSIA for three and a half years. The organization announced Nov. 12 that […]

BlackSky has named Amy Minnick, former Maxar DigitalGlobe executive, as chief commercial officer in a Tuesday announcement. Minnick will lead commercial business and look to expand BlackSky’s business globally across […]

Spire Global has named Theresa Condor as the company’s first chief operating officer (COO). As COO, Condor will be responsible for Spire’s Weather, Aviation, Earth Intelligence, and Space Services business […]

Telesat has appointed Glenn Katz the company’s first chief commercial officer (CCO), the company announced Tuesday. He will be responsible for leading product development, product management and product marketing as […]

Last week, Intelsat made the surprise announcement that CEO Steve Spengler plans to retire. Spengler has been Intelsat CEO for almost seven years, and he plans to step down once […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has established a Directorate of Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement to help European companies succeed in the commercial space industry, the agency announced Oct. 21. This […]

Eutelsat Communications announced Wednesday afternoon that CEO Rodolphe Belmer will step down at the beginning of 2022. He is leaving to become CEO of French information technology company Atos, which […]

After almost seven years as CEO and more than 18 years at Intelsat, CEO Steve Spengler plans to retire once the company completes Chapter 11 financial restructuring and selects a […]

The leaders of two of the top satellite operators — Steven Spengler and Rodolphe Belmer — announced within a day of each other that they will be departing their companies.  […]

Boeing has hired U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Director Heidi Grant to lead Boeing’s defense, space and government services sales teams, the aerospace manufacturer announced Oct. 14. She succeeds […]

Rick Ambrose, the executive vice president for Space at Lockheed Martin, has decided to retire on March 1 next year, the company said on Oct. 7. After joining Lockheed Martin […]

Comtech Telecommunications‘ longtime CEO Fred Kornberg will be stepping down at the end of the year. The company announced Monday that President and COO Michael Porcelain will become CEO, succeeding […]

Spire Global has appointed its first ever Vice President of Weather. Dr. Kevin Petty will take on the new role for the company and will oversee Spire’s weather solutions worldwide, […]

Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) series continues featuring companies who were recently on our anticipated 10 Hottest Satellite Companies list. This week we talk to Walter Berger, now co-CEO […]

Stephen Bennett, former senior vice president at Blue Origin, has taken the role of Kepler Communications COO, the company announced Tuesday. Bennett is an aerospace industry veteran who has also […]

Dutch satellite industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company Hiber B.V. has appointed a new CEO. Roel Jansen who joined Hiber as chief commercial officer in March, is now the company’s […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation goes all the way to Dallas, Texas to talk to Tucker Morrison, CEO of Blue Sky Network. Blue Sky Network is an exciting technology company […]

UltiSat has named Richard Koucheravy as the company’s new vice president of Sales & Business Development, UltiSat announced Thursday. Koucheravy will be responsible for driving revenue growth through new customers […]

Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark Baird has been named president of Vox Space, Virgin Orbit subsidiary that provides launch services to the national security community.  Baird has held […]

In our continuing series profiling Via Satellite’s 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite, our latest Thursday Morning Conversation goes all the way to Israel to talk the CEO of Satixfy, Yoel […]

Former NASA Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk has started a new position at space investment firm IBX, where he now serves as its new executive vice president of space operations, the […]

Is space too crowded? With the increasing pace of satellites being launched to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), some raise the alarm that space is getting crowded and dangerous. But what is […]

The White House has named Chirag Parikh as executive secretary of the National Space Council. Parikh is the senior director of Azure Space at Microsoft, and was previously the director […]

Less than two months after captivating global audiences with a trip into suborbital space, Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson will appear at the SATELLITE 2021 Conference to share stories […]

With the Olympics now in full swing, it is only natural we should go Tokyo for this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation to talk to Astroscale CEO Nobu Okada. Life is […]

Rupert Pearce, who was CEO of Inmarsat for almost ten years, has a new role in the finance sector. Pearce announced July 26 that he is collaborating as a venture […]