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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has named Vernon Thorp its new director of Global Commercial Sales. In this position he will lead all commercial sales activities for Atlas V and the […]

Lockheed Martin on Monday completed its planned leadership transition with James Taiclet entering as its new president and CEO, succeeding Marillyn Hewson who remains with the company as executive chairman. […]

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Friday selected Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders to be the agency’s next associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. Since 2014, […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation features a chat with Hana Bird, an operations engineer at Surrey Satellite Technology in the United Kingdom. Hana is one of the bright young talents […]

What is space medicine? Although the answer can vary, the practice focuses on ways to keep humans in homeostasis while they endure extreme environments. There’s also ways that the space […]

We have a great Thursday Morning Conversation this week for you as we go to California once again to talk with one of the most well-known faces in our industry, […]

Virgin Galactic, the Richard Branson-owned company working toward commercial spaceflight with its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, last month announced a partnership with NASA to develop technically feasible high Mach vehicles. Through this […]

Retired NASA astronaut Tim Kopra has joined MDA as vice president of Robotics and Space Operations, the Canadian company announced Tuesday. Kopra will be responsible for the work of the […]

DISH Network has hired a former T-Mobile executive to oversee the company’s wireless buildout strategy. The company announced Monday that Dave Mayo is now executive vice president of Network Development and […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation takes us to Los Angeles where we catch up with Relativity Space CEO and Co-Founder Tim Ellis, who talks about everything from the niche German […]

In the second of our two-part interview with Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer, we look at some of the key verticals outside of broadcast. Mobility remains a key driver for most […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation takes us to Virginia where we talk to the very definition of a cybersecurity influencer, Bob Gourley, CTO and co-founder of OODA. Bob will be […]

Eutelsat released its First Quarter financial results last week and there were some encouraging signs as the operator looks to navigate the COVID-19 era. The operator’s broadcast revenues remained resilient, […]

The head of NASA’s human spaceflight office has resigned just one week before the agency is expected to launch astronauts from American soil for the first time in nearly a […]

SpaceX’s Senior Vice President of Production and Launch, Zachary Dunn, is moving to Relativity Space as the company’s vice president of Factory Development, Relativity announced Monday. Eric Berger of Ars […]

It has been quite a week in the satellite industry with the release of our OneWeb special edition and the Intelsat Chapter 11 news. However, we still bring you a […]

FCC Press Secretary Tina Pelkey is moving on to a position at Blue Origin. O’Dwyer’s public relations blog reported Monday that Pelkey will be senior manager of  government affairs communication. […]

Our Thursday Morning Conversation this week takes us to the city of Paris where we catch up with Arianespace’s CEO, Stéphane Israël. Here, we talk about how Stéphane and his […]

For the latest Thursday Morning Conversation, Via Satellite went all the way to Hong Kong to talk to Tom Choi, executive chairman at Airspace Internet Exchange. We find out what […]

Richard Victor Dutchik, a well-known and respected satellite systems engineer and consultant, passed away on March 22.  He was 72 years old. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Richard dedicated his entire […]

The Board of Directors of Spacecom, which operates the AMOS satellite fleet, has appointed Dan Zajicek as new CEO, effective April 1, the company announced Thursday. Zajicek has been the […]

Lockheed Martin has named board American Tower Corporation CEO James Taiclet as president and CEO, effective June 15. Tacilet, 59, has been on Lockheed Martin’s board since 2018, and will […]

  As SES announced its 2019 financial results earlier this week, the satellite operator also set forward a new strategic plan which could ultimately result in its Video and Networks […]

The SES Board of Directors has appointed Sandeep Jalan as CFO, effective on May 6. Sandeep succeeds Andrew Browne who stepped down in October 2019. He was most recently the […]

Mark Rigolle, the former CEO of O3b Networks and LeoSat Enterprises, announced his new position as CEO of KLEO Connect GmbH – another global entrant into the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) […]

Speedcast’s Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of CEO PJ Beylier in light of a disappointing preliminary 2019 Full-Year (FY19) financial result for the remote communication and IT solutions […]

Earlier this month, OneWeb and SatixFy announced a significant deal where the two companies announced plans to add a digital technology pathway payload that will include a full digital payload […]

This year, Capella Space is making the transition from building its technology and business case to commercial operations, as it begins to launch its constellation of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) […]

Virgin Galactic Holdings has appointed Enrico Palermo, the current president of The Spaceship Company (TSC) as its first COO, the company announced Wednesday. Palermo will be responsible for helping maintain […]

Latin America met Europe in one of the more interesting consolidations that took place in the satellite industry in 2019. AXESS Networks was created through the merger of Axesat and […]