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In this session of Thursday Morning Conversations, Intelsat expert Joel Schroeder shared insights on the drivers for the evolution of the next-generation land mobility services. As the demand for always-on […]

Tiphaine Louradour, president of ILS International Launch Services (ILS), is departing the company, ILS announced Tuesday.  Louradour took the lead at ILS in March 2020 and has been at the […]

Ball Aerospace has appointed Aidan Fitzgerald as its new vice president of Finance, starting later this week. The company made the announcement, Jan. 27. Fitzgerald will lead all financial-related and […]

LeoStella has appointed Tim Kienberger as CEO, to lead the smallsat manufacturer succeedingCEO Mike Hettich. LeoStella, based in Washington State, is a 50-50 joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and […]

Astroscale has appointed Andrew Faiola as its new commercial director for its U.K. and European subsidiary Astroscale Ltd, the company announced Jan. 24. He starts the role immediately. Headquartered in […]

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 […]

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 […]

This article is part of a new series, in which Via Satellite interviews people in the industry at different points of their careers, with a focus on career decisions-making, and […]

Eutelsat has made another significant change to its management team appointing Christophe Caudrelier as its new chief financial officer. Eutelsat announced the appointment late last week. Caudrelier succeeds Sandrine Téran […]

Ball Aerospace’s new Vice President of Strategic Operations is Hope Damphousse, the company announced Oct. 19. Damphousse starts the role immediately, and in this role, she will lead Ball Aerospace’s […]

This article is part of a new series, in which Via Satellite interviews people in the industry at different points of their careers, with a focus on career decisions-making, and […]

Ovzon has hired Noora Jayasekara as its new CFO. Ovzon announced the appointment Oct. 11 and Jayasekara will start the role at the start of November. Jayasekara most recently held […]

Satellite Vu has a new CFO. Satellite Vu announced Oct. 11 that it had hired Camilla Taylor to be its new CFO ahead of its upcoming satellite launch. Previously Taylor […]

Karim Michel Sabbagh, former CEO of SES, joins Greg Wyler’s new venture E-Space as managing director of Europe and the Middle East.  Sabbagh will oversee all European and Middle East […]

ABS has looked to one of the Middle East’s biggest operators for its new CEO. The company announced Sept. 9 that it had appointed Yahsat’s Chief Strategy Officer Amit Somani […]

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has appointed Ivan Fong as its new Managing Director of the Pacific. The company announced the appointment on Sept. 8. Based in Fiji, Fong will […]

The White House released a formal plan to support the space workforce, along with a coalition of space companies focused on growing the skilled technical workforce.  The Interagency Roadmap to […]

Eutelsat Communications has made a series of new appointments as CEO Eva Berneke reshapes her team. The company appointed Laurence Delpy as general manager of the Video business unit and […]

Kevin Steen, CEO of ST Engineering iDirect, is leaving the company to lead OneWeb Technologies. Steen succeeds former OneWeb Technologies CEO, Bob Roe, who previously announced his retirement. OneWeb Technologies, […]

Eutelsat will be looking for a new CFO as Sandrine Téran, who has been CFO for more than five years, is stepping down from the role. Eutelsat announced the update […]

Firefly Aerospace has named Bill Weber as its new CEO after Tom Markusic stepped away from the role in June. Web was previously CEO of cyber and geospatial satellite firm […]

In this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, Mark Holmes discusses the results of a recent industry survey by ST Engineering iDirect in partnership with Via Satellite. Looking to the future, learn about […]

SES expanded the leadership team for subsidiary SES Government Solutions (SES GS), hiring Ben Pigsley as senior vice president for Defense Networks and Jim Hooper, senior vice president for Space […]