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Skylo, an Indian Internet of Things (IoT) network provider, revealed Tuesday that Angira Agrawal was hired as Chief Operationg Officer (COO). Agrawal will oversee all operations and customer-facing activities throughout […]

UltiSat revealed Monday that the company has made several new senior leadership appointments and reorganized around four primary lines of business – Managed Network Services, Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance […]

In the final Thursday Morning Conversation of 2020, we catch up with Mark Dankberg. This is Dankberg’s second TMC of the year, but some big news has happened since June. […]

Snowboarding and satellites. This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) veers from everything to the future of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations to snowboarding in the mountains, another interesting combination for a […]

On Tuesday, the Senate voted to confirm the controversial nomination of Republican Nathan Simington to the Federal Communications Commission, despite pleas from Democrats and advocacy groups to hold off on […]

Two space scientists — Naia Butler-Craig and Hannah Kerner — have made Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 list for science. Butler-Craig is a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research fellow at the Georgia […]

Gerry O’Sullivan, Eutelsat’s executive vice president of Global TV and Video is leaving the company, according to an internal memo shared with Via Satellite. O’Sullivan, who has held the role […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation features Bill Chappell, CTO of Azure Global and vice president of Mission Systems at Microsoft, one of the global giants of business, but a player […]

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down from his position leading the commission when President-elect Joe Biden takes office, Pai announced in a statement Monday. Pai will step down on […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has named Adi Sfadia as new CEO, the company announced Monday. Sfadia has served as interim CEO since July and has been CFO for the past five […]

The Zed Factor Fellowship is a new fellowship for aerospace professionals from underrepresented groups. The fellowship, announced Tuesday, is described as a program to engage and empower aspiring aerospace professionals […]

We are going to do something new with this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) with OneWeb and O3B founder, Greg Wyler. We are going to pitch you a slightly surreal […]

It’s safe to say that most people are done with the year 2020 – a seemingly never-ending nightmare of health crisis, economic recession, and political upheaval converging in a perfect […]

Our Thursday Morning Conversation for this week takes us back to Europe to talk to Alvaro Sanchez, CEO of Integrasys about a plethora of topics. Alvaro had COVID-19 and has […]

Eutelsat has hired Pascal Homsy, head of Thales Alenia Space’s Space Telecommunications Business Line, as chief technical officer (CTO). Eutelsat said in a Tuesday announcement that Homsy will join the […]

Ball Corporation revealed last Wednesday that current Ball Aerospace Chief Operating Officer (COO) Dr. Dave Kaufman will be promoted to president of Ball Aerospace. This will take place when current […]

Viasat Chairman and CEO Mark Dankberg, who co-founded the company in 1986 is transitioning into the newly created position as executive chairman of the company. President and COO Rick Baldridge […]

For this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC), Via Satellite goes back to the Middle East to talk to Thuraya CEO Ali Al Hashemi about a variety of topics. Ali has […]

Iceye announced Oct. 29 that COO and CFO Jerry Welsh will take on the role of CEO of it’s U.S. subsidiary Iceye US. Welsh joined the company in 2017 and […]

In this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, we talk with Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of Government Strategy and Policy at Inmarsat Government. Rebecca shares her myriad of interests when she […]

SmartSky Networks on Tuesday revealed that David Helfgott was named CEO. Helfgott most recently was president and CEO of Phasor, which went bankrupt in May. South Korean defense company Hanwha […]

Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) goes in a slightly different direction this week. We talk to a doctor on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Beth Healey of […]

USSI Global last Thursday revealed that Anthony Morelli was named Chief Operating Officer (COO). Morelli will report to CEO and President David S. Christiano, and oversee daily USSI Global business […]

Jordi Hereu is now president of Hispasat after the company’s board of directors approved the appointment on Oct. 8. Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI), which holds 7.41% of Hispasat’s […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) goes back to France to talk one of the most exciting new companies in the European space sector. We talk to ThrustMe CEO and […]

The Brooke Owens Fellowship revealed Wednesday, through a press release posted to their Twitter account, the introduction of the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship. This fellowship will provide Black undergraduate students […]

The UK Space Agency launched its first ever UK Space Census on Wednesday to survey the diversity of the U.K. space sector and inform future space policy. The census will […]

ManSat revealed on Monday that Katherine Gizinski was appointed as group CEO. Previously the group’s CCO, Katherine will continue to work closely with ManSat founder Chris Stott, in his new […]

For this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, we return to France to talk to one the biggest names in the French space industry, Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO of the French Space […]

KVH Industries CFO Don Reilly will retire this year, the mobile connectivity company announced Thursday. The board of directors has appointed COO Brent Bruun as interim CFO, effective Nov. 2, […]