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Greg Wyler-founded startup E-Space has added to its executive team, hiring Gunjan Murarka as CFO and Dalibor Djuran as chief satellite systems engineer.  Murarka joins E-Space from smallsat manufacturer LeoStella, […]

Hear from ST Engineering iDirect’s Head of Global Government Strategy, Koen Willems, as he talks to Mark Holmes about how New Ground and its key technology innovations will benefit next-generation […]

Space companies recognize the need for a diverse workforce and diverse perspectives around the table — yet acknowledge the industry has a way to go on this issue.  “There’s so much […]

Eutelsat Communications named a new president and CEO of its Eutelsat America business on Monday. Richard Mortellaro, who previously served as senior vice president of Sales, Marketing and Fixed Satellite […]

Mynaric has hired former SA Photonics exec Mustafa Veziroglu as president and a member of its management board. Veziroglu will oversee development, qualification, and serial production of Mynaric’s laser communications […]

Comtech Telecommunications appointed Chairman Ken Peterman its new president and CEO, succeeding Michael Porcelain, effective immediately. The company announced the change on Aug. 10, less than seven months after Porcelain […]

Globalstar has hired IoT industry veteran Chirag Patel as director of Product Management to lead the company’s vision for industrial IoT. He will be responsible for product vision, strategy, roadmap […]

President Biden nominated Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman to be the U.S. Space Force’s next Chief of Space Operations, succeeding Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, who is projected to retire later […]

Spire Global is ramping up focus on Australia and New Zealand with two new executive hires and plans to open an office in Melbourne, the company announced the week of […]

Airbus is launching a new connectivity service business around its HAPS technology platform, Zephyr, led by former Intelsat CCO Samer Halawi. The new venture, HAPS Services Business, is a subsidiary […]

Holly Johnson will lead manufacturer MDA’s Robotics and Space Operations (RSO) division on a permanent basis after taking on the role in an acting capacity earlier this year. MDA promoted […]

Satellite operator Measat has made two new key executive appointments as it looks to build for the future. It has appointed Ganendra Selvaraj as its new Chief Commercial Officer and […]

Yahsat has appointed Sulaiman Al Ali as its new chief commercial officer, the company announced July 1. Al Ali will lead both YahClick, Yahsat’s data solutions arm, and Thuraya, its […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne President and CEO Eileen Drake won her bitterly contested proxy battle with the company’s dissident executive chairman, Warren Lichtenstein, after shareholders on Thursday voted in favor of Drake […]

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 […]