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For this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC), we talk to Wind River’s Regional Sales Director Michael Mehlberg about all things cybersecurity and space. Wind River is one of the key […]

In this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, Via Satellite managing editor Rachel Jewett joins as host to chat with Swarm CEO Sara Spangelo. Rachel and Sara spoke on June 29, just […]

Rockets, classic rock, and taking a ride into space. These are all topics on the agenda as we talk to Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart, as part of our Thursday […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has a new director general. The Russian operator has appointed Alexey Volin as its new director general, replacing Yuri Prokhorov. RSCC announced the new […]

Big news this week, we announced Via Satellite’s 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite for 2021. And we are bringing back our Thursday Morning Conversation to talk to all the companies […]

Christopher Kubasik has taken the helm of L3Harris as CEO, succeeding William Brown. This leadership transition was planned and first announced with the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. […]

OneWeb has appointed David Thorn as its new regional director of Enterprise Sales in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The company announced the appointment June 21. Thorn has an extensive background […]

Yves Feltes, the enigmatic marketing and communications executive who worked for SES for over 25 years, died this week in Luxembourg. Feltes was a well-known corporate communication executive in the […]

Iridium Communications has tapped Greg Pelton from Pyron as the company’s new CTO. The company announced Monday that Pelton will take over for retiring CTO Hermon Pon. As CTO, Pelton will […]

One of Blue Canyon Technologies co-founders, longtime CTO Stephen Steg will become the company’s CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Steg has been CTO since the company was founded in 2008, […]

Inmarsat continues to refresh its senior management team with new two high-profile appointments to target the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market. Inmarsat announced May 27 it has appointed Jon Holmes […]

Ksenia Drozdova has been appointed director general of the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications (IOSC), the company announced May 24. She had previously been the deputy director general for […]

Mynaric has appointed industry veteran Tim Deaver as its new vice president of Strategic Solutions. The company announced the appointment May 14. Deaver had previously been director of National Security […]

Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems has named retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Christian “Boris” Becker as its new CEO. Tyvak is a Terran Orbital company that manufactures nanosatellite platforms.  Becker most recently […]

President Biden’s pick for NASA administrator — former Florida Senator Bill Nelson — was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on April 29.  Nelson becomes NASA’s 14th administrator, succeeding former Republican […]

Earth Observation (EO) data company Capella Space has hired its first CFO. Jon Campagna, the former CFO of Virgin Galactic, will be joining Capella’s executive team along with Julie Ambory […]

For the first time, this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation heads to Moscow, where I talk to Andrey Kirillovich, director of Integration Services and Projects at RSCC. Andrey is someone I […]

OneWeb has appointed Per Borgklint as its new chief commercial officer, the company announced April 6. Borgklint has an extensive background in the telecoms arena and has held key positions […]

Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has joined Viasat’s board of directors. The satellite operator announced Thursday that Bridenstine will serve as a Class II director. Viasat’s board now consists of […]

President Biden recently announced his pick for NASA administrator — former Florida Senator Bill Nelson — selecting another former congressman to follow Jim Bridenstine. He is known for being the […]

Inmarsat continues to reshape its management team under the leadership of new CEO Rajeev Suri after the surprise departure of Rupert Pearce in February. The company has tapped ex-Nokia Chief […]

Laviai Nielsen is one of the United Kingdom’s top athletes and likely to be competing in the 400 meters in the Tokyo Olympics later this year. Find out why she […]

Avanti Communications has appointed Vikas Grover as its new chief technology officer, the company announced Tuesday. Grover was previously the founding chief information officer at OneWeb, where he led global […]

Capella Space has hired Dan Getman as the new vice president of Product, the company announced March 12. Getman joins Capella Space from Descartes Labs, where he was director of […]

Juan Pablo Cofino is the new regional vice president, CEO of Eutelsat Americas, Eutelsat announced March 11. This is a significant appointment for the company. Cofino had been regional vice […]

For the week of International Women’s Day, our Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) features super talented Jennifer Manner of EchoStar/Hughes Network Systems. We take a slightly different turn this week and […]

Chuck Beames, executive chairman of York Space Systems and founder of the SmallSat Alliance, is joining the board of advisors for Slingshot Aerospace, a space situational awareness company based in […]

Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce is leaving the company at the end of this month. He will be replaced by former Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri, who will start March 1. Pearce […]

The chief financial officer (CFO) of Bharti Global, Srikanth Balachandran, has joined OneWeb as CFO, the company announced Feb. 19. Balachandran has been CFO of Bharti Global since October 2018, […]

Virgin Orbit has tapped the former CEO of OneWeb Satellites, Tony Gingiss, as the company’s first chief operating officer (COO). In a Wednesday release, Virgin Orbit said Gingiss will oversee […]