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Mark Dankberg is returning to his role as Viasat CEO, about a year and a half after shifting to executive chairman. Dankberg, who co-founded the company in 1986, will resume […]

“Your talent acquisition department better be on the offensive in this market. What you did in 2019 will not work in 2022,” says Chris Silva, talent acquisition leader for SpaceLink. […]

SatixFy Communications named David Ripstein, formerly of GreenRoad Technologies and Radcom to lead the company as CEO. Ripstein succeeds industry veteran Yoel Gat, former CEO and co-chairman, who died in […]

Impulse Space, an in-space transportation services startup launched in 2021 by SpaceX founding member Tom Mueller, has secured $10 million in funding from Lux Capital. This brings Impulse Space’s recent […]

BlackSky Technology has named its new CFO. The geospatial intelligence company announced June 16 that it promoted Chief Development Officer Henry Dubois, a veteran of the satellite imagery industry, to […]

Anokiwave has appointed Ryan Jennings as its new vice president of satcom and systems, the company announced June 16. Anokiwave is a fabless semiconductor company providing highly integrated millimeter-wave silicon […]

National space camps are coming to the United Kingdom. Athena, the UK’s national team in space, formed by CGI, Inmarsat, Lockheed Martin UK and Serco, announced June 14, that it […]

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” So wrote the Lebanese poet and artist Kahil Gibran. I was of a generation that read […]

In this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, we get a snapshot into how advanced mobility is impacting the passenger maritime sector. These speakers discuss connectivity requirements for high-quality performance, efficiency, scale […]

Measat has revealed details about a new competition to inspire young people about the space industry in Malaysia. To celebrate the launch of the MEASAT-3d satellite which is scheduled for […]

For this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, we talk with Koen Willems, head of Global Government Strategy at ST Engineering iDirect, and Steve Slater, managing director at GRC Ltd. about advanced mobility. […]

Intelsat announced a refresh of part of its executive suite on Thursday, with new hires for chief financial officer, chief commercial officer, commercial aviation, and corporate communications. These changes come after […]

Space-based cellular broadband company AST SpaceMobile hired finance and telecom banking veteran Sean Wallace as its new executive vice president and CFO. Wallace previously served as CFO for global internet […]

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo named Richard DalBello as the new director of NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) on Wednesday. DalBello will officially begin his duties on May 9.  OSC […]

A group of space companies have raised nearly $1 million to support humanitarian aid in Ukraine, forming the Space Industry for Ukraine (SIFU) group. HawkEye 360 CEO John Serafini said […]

AsiaSat has appointed Victor Au as its new general counsel, the company announced April 22. Au has more than two decades of experience working across international and local law firms […]

Former Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce is joining energy service company Highview Power as CEO, the company announced Monday.  Pearce led Inmarsat for nearly a decade before his departure in early […]

Satellite industry veteran Yoel Gat died on April 8, SatixFy Communications announced Sunday. Gat was a 40-year veteran of the satellite industry and co-founded Gilat Satellite Networks, RaySat, and SatixFy. […]

Two dozen executives from the space industry’s largest companies signed an Aerospace Corp.-drafted industry pledge Tuesday morning to increase workforce diversity, report annual data on diversity in senior leadership roles, […]

Boeing on Monday said that Leanne Caret, president and CEO of the company’s $26 billion Defense, Space and Security business, will retire later this year and be succeed by Ted […]

In the run-up to SATELLITE 2022, we talk to Jim Rosenberg, CTO and co-founder of Wavestream, about the drive to better standards in the satellite industry. Jim has some particularly […]

Former astronaut Tim Kopra has joined OneWeb Technologies as president to lead the company’s growth strategy. OneWeb Technologies, formerly TrustComm, is OneWeb’s U.S. proxy focused on serving Five Eyes governments.  […]

Today’s Thursday Morning Conversation takes us all the way to Canada to talk to a veteran of the industry, David Gelerman, CEO of SpaceBridge. We talk about everything from his […]

Globalstar has appointed former AT&T Exec Dave Haight to be its new vice president of IoT, the company announced March. 8. Haight joins Globalstar after working on developing the IoT […]

Intelsat has named former Raytheon executive David Wajsgras as its next CEO, effective April 4. Wajsgras succeeds CEO Stephen Spengler, who was with the company for 18 years, and previously […]

Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) this week features Todd Brown, director of Business Development at AvL Technologies as the company gets set for an exciting SATELLITE 2022. We talk […]

EchoStar Corporation has appointed Hamid Akhavan as the company’s next CEO and president. EchoStar announced Wednesday that Akhavan will succeed CEO and President Michael Dugan, who will be retiring at […]

To commemorate International Women’s Day, Via Satellite is celebrating women who have made a difference for the greater satellite and space industry, and in the lives of their colleagues. More […]

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 […]

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 […]