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    LeoLabs announced today that the company has appointed longtime Maxar executive Tony Frazier as the company’s new CEO. Frazier plans to lead LeoLabs to become a critical mission […]

Retired Space Force General John “Jay” Raymond is joining the Impulse Space board of directors, the company announced this week. Raymond was responsible for leading the establishment of the U.S. […]

Space DOTS is a U.K.-based space startup working to pioneer a paradigm shift in space materials qualification to expedite the process for the space industry. The company’s enabling technology, the […]

Space industry recruiting agency Evona has adapted its business model, pushing a new subscription staffing solution in response to industry trends, as space companies are seeing a slowdown in later-stage […]

Now in its third year, Celebrating Women in Satellite recognizes the contributions of women who have made a difference for the space and satellite industry, and in the lives of […]

Singer, songwriter, actress, and MIT and Harvard graduate, Bridgit Mendler is now CEO of a new satellite ground tech startup Northwood. Mendler, who is known for her role as Teddy […]

Maxar Intelligence has named former Google and Apple executive Arvind Srinivasan as the company’s new chief technology officer.  At Google, Srinivasan oversaw the commercialization of the Google Maps Engine cloud […]

Slingshot Aerospace announced Feb 7. it is appointing Tim Solms, former executive at Dun & Bradstreet, Microsoft, Dell and VMware, as their new CEO. Solms will also have a seat […]

Reticulate Micro has formed a new business segment called Reticulate Space focused on multi-orbit satellite communications management technologies.  Reticulate Micro is a commercial and defense technology company that is building […]

2023 was a very eventful year in the satellite industry, and a number of companies made significant announcements as the industry heads into this unprecedented multi-orbit era. 2024 promises to […]

Voyager Space appoints Marshall Smith as CTO to lead technical strategy and to guide the Starlab team through the design, development, and operations of the commercial space station. Smith previously […]

Scout Space has named Philip Hover-Smoot as the company’s CEO, succeeding co-founder and CEO Eric Ingram. The appointment was effective Jan. 12. Scout is a space domain awareness (SDA) company, […]

ABS (Agility Beyond Space) is now looking for a new CEO. In its latest full year results, the operator made the surprise announcement that CEO Amit Somani is leaving immediately […]

Commercis, a provider of connectivity and technology solutions, has appointed well-known satellite exec, Steve Tunnicliffe to its board. Tunnicliffe will assume the role of advisor and will work closely with […]

Stellant Systems selected Todd Hansen as vice president and general manager of the company’s Williamsport, Pennsylvania facility, which manufactures microwave tubes.  Hansen has been with Stellant for about three years […]

Via Satellite’s executive interviews provide an in-depth look into the biggest stories of the year. Here is a roundup of our best and most popular interviews of 2023 with the […]

At the end of last year, we launched the Satellite Industry’s 2022 Playlist, where we asked a number of executives their most-listened to track of 2022 using streaming services such […]

AvL Technologies has appointed Jerry Ivester as its new Chief Commercial Officer, the company announced Dec. 8. He replaces Tony Wilkey who is retiring after 15 years with AvL. Ivester […]

Scottish space software technology provider Bright Ascension appointed Patricia Druken as its new COO and Laura Calder as its new CFO as it is getting set to launch its end-to-end […]

Orbex has appointed John Bone as its new chief commercial officer, the company announced Dec. 6. This appointment comes as Orbex advances its preparations for the launch of Orbex Prime, […]

Comtech has hired former iDirect Government executive John Ratigan as the company’s first chief corporate development officer (CCDO). In this role, Ratigan will oversee new business initiatives aligned with Comtech’s […]

In August of this year European startup Aerospacelab announced the high-profile appointment of Tina Ghataore as its new group chief strategy and revenue officer, and CEO of Aerospacelab’s new branch […]

Intelsat has hired Raytheon Technologies exec David J. Broadbent as its new president of Government Solutions. Intelsat announced the hire on Nov. 13, effective immediately.  Broadbent is now responsible for […]

Hamid Akhavan is now CEO of Dish Network ahead of the EchoStar/Dish merger close, the company announced Monday. Akhavan is currently the CEO of EchoStar, and it was already in […]

Maxar Intelligence has named Dan Smoot as CEO, after Maxar Technologies recently split into two businesses — Maxar Space Infrastructure and Maxar Intelligence. The satellite imagery-focused company announced the move […]

NanoAvionics co-founder Vytenis Buzas is stepping down from his role as CEO, the company announced Oct. 24. The company’s Chief Sales Officer Žilvinas Kvedaravičius will take over as interim CEO, […]

Capella Space appointed Frank Backes as its new CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Payam Banazadeh, who founded the company and has led it since 2016, will serve as board director. […]

ST Engineering iDirect appointed two new leaders to its executive team, naming Sridhar Kuppanna its new senior vice president of Engineering and Cynthia Harty as senior vice president of Corporate […]

SES hired from outside of the satellite industry with its new CEO. The company announced Oct. 13 that T-Systems International executive Adel Al-Saleh will become its new CEO in February […]

German startup OroraTech has appointed Martin Langer as its new CEO. The company announced the appointment Oct. 11. OroraTech strives to continue breaking the barriers of Earth Observation (EO) by […]