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Satellite navigation startup TrustPoint has appointed Charles Beames as executive chairman of the company’s board of directors. With this role, Beames will lead the TrustPoint board and work with the company’s executive team.  TrustPoint, which recently won the Startup Space competition at SATELLITE, is developing a fully commercial Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to provide...

Via Satellite Rising Stars is a new nomination program launching in 2024 to highlight the achievements and contributions of young professionals in the space and satellite industry. We are asking readers to highlight young professionals who have made tangible contributions to the industry whether it be business or technical achievement or industry advocacy work. Via...

Former Comtech Chief Strategy Officer Nicole Robinson has accepted a new job as President of Gilat Satellite Networks‘ DataPath business. Robinson had been with Comtech for one year. Her move to a competitor comes just two months after Comtech fired CEO Ken Peterman and removed him from the board. Robinson recently gave an interview to...

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has revealed details of its latest initiatives to attract young people to the space industry. It has awarded funding to 15 projects across the UK designed to engage young people from all backgrounds and inspire the next generation into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers. The agency’s Space for...

Eutelsat has appointed Kevin Steen as the new president and CEO of Eutelsat America Corp (EAC). Steen will also continue in his existing role as president and CEO of OneWeb Technologies (OWT). EAC and OWT completed a combination earlier this year and will go to market as a single EAC entity. Eutelsat announced the appointment,...

The key moment in the MDA Space story in 2023 took place at SATELLITE 2023, when MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley met with Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg. The meeting would lead to MDA Space securing the contract to build Telesat’s much anticipated Lightspeed LEO satellite constellation. It was a signature point in a banner year...

Italian service provider Telespazio has a new CEO. The company’s board of directors appointed Gabriele Pieralli as CEO on April 16, Telespazio announced.  Pieralli has been Telespazio COO since June 2023. He is the former CEO of Sirio Panel, which was later incorporated into Leonardo. He held leadership positions at Leonardo and was named managing...

Satellite operator ABS “Agility Beyond Space” has appointed former O3b Networks CEO Mark Rigolle as the company’s new CEO. He will be based in the ABS office in Dubai, UAE. ABS highlighted Rigolle’s experience in multi-orbit constellations. Rigolle joins ABS from Rivada Space Networks, where he was COO. He was previously CFO of SES and...

In October last year, SES announced the appointment of Adel Al-Saleh as its new CEO. It was an interesting appointment and marks a change of direction for the operator, bringing in someone from outside of the satellite industry. Previous CEO Steve Collar had a long history with O3b and was a well-known figure within the...

United Arab Emirates satellite operator Yahsat has appointed Amit Somani as chief growth and strategy officer, Yahsat announced Monday. Somani is returning to Yahsat, where he worked from 2010 to 2022. Somani’s appointment took effect on April 1. Somani was previously CEO of ABS (Agility Beyond Space) and left the company in January. He left...