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Tim Peake, one of the most well-known names in the U.K. space industry, is to step down from the active European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut corps and assume an ambassadorial...

Arianespace has appointed Steven Rutgers to serve as its next chief commercial officer. Rutgers joins Arianespace from IoT startup Hiber, where he was vice president of sales.  He has a...

It was a busy year for Comtech and the company’s CEO, Ken Peterman. In this conversation with Via Satellite’s Mark Holmes, Peterman discusses some of the company’s core initiatives; trends in the...

SatixFy Communications names Ido Gur as its new CEO, the company’s second permanent CEO in less than a year. Gur joins SatixFy after Saguna, the edge cloud computing company he...

To commemorate International Women’s Day, Via Satellite is celebrating women who are leaders in the satellite industry. For this feature, we are asking people in the satellite industry to highlight...

ST Engineering iDirect has named Don Claussen as its new CEO. Claussen joins ST Engineering iDirect from Intelsat General Corporation where he served as vice president responsible for Strategy, Business...

L3Harris Technologies announced Tuesday that it has named Samir Mehta as new president of its Communication Systems segment. Mehta succeeds Dana Mehnert, who is retiring after 38 years with L3Harris....

Telesat has appointed Philip Harlow as president of Telesat Government Solutions, the company’s subsidiary that provides satellite solutions to the U.S. government and allied nations.  He will replace Tom Eaton,...

It has been quite a year for the satellite industry. There have been deals aplenty and the industry is looking forward to an exciting 2023. However, to end the year,...

Pradman Kaul is retiring from his role as president of Hughes Network Systems at the end of the year, after nearly 50 years with the company. Kaul is a longtime...