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XipLink has appointed Jaco Botha as senior vice president of Product, the company announced Feb. 4. Botha will have responsibility for all product management, product marketing and alliance partnership functions...

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...

Arianespace named Pierre-Yves Tissier new chief technical officer, as current CTO Roland Lagier is retiring. Arianespace announced the change as immediate on Wednesday.  Tissier has been deputy CTO of Arianespace...

SES is eliminating the role of SES Networks CEO and moving John-Paul Hemingway to the newly created role of chief strategy and product officer, the satellite operator announced Tuesday.  SES...

Our Thursday Morning Conversation this week features Vagan Shakhgildian, president of the Commercial Group at Comtech Satellite Network Technologies. It is set to be an exciting year for Comtech as...

Momentus announced Monday that the company’s president, Fred Kennedy, has resigned and will step down Jan. 21. The company’s CTO Rob Schwarz will serve as interim head of Engineering and...

Isotropic Systems has appointed Rash Sahota as its new general manager and chief operating officer. The company announced the appointment Monday. Sahota will be responsible for ensuring the company delivers...

Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) on Tuesday announced two new executive appointments within the business segment, naming Kristin Robertson as president of the Space & C2 business unit and Brad...

Comtech Telecommunications has completed its previously announced leadership transition, with Michael Porcelain taking the helm as CEO.  Porcelain succeeds longtime Comtech CEO Fred Kornberg, who has been with the company...

Relativity Space has hired its first vice president of Software Engineering, bringing on Scott Van Vliet, former Microsoft corporate vice president for the role. The company said this is a...