Past Via Satellite editors share their experiences and views on the satellite industry for Via Satellite's 30th anniversary edition.

At SATELLITE 2013, feeding the talent pipeline for the next generation of aerospace engineers interested in satellites, launch vehicles, spacecraft management, earth station technology, and all that goes with it, was noted repeatedly. NASA’s Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program propels interest in aerospace engineering careers by staging a regular competition in microgravity studies – one…

by Scott Chase From the opening bell Monday morning, March 15, to the closing hammer Thursday afternoon, SATELLITE 2010 became capital of the world’s satellite-enabled marketplace as it does every year. Nestled into the sweeping Potomac River vistas of the Gaylord National Convention Center on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., SATELLITE 2010 welcomed more than…

A time-honored inside joke gets played out each year the Friday afternoon we close up SATELLITE. Show director Jennifer Heinold tapes shut the last box of office supplies, eyeballs the remaining staff on hand and says, "Great work, everybody. Take the rest of the day off." From SATELLITE 2009, a day off is just about…