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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...

Sidus Space announced two leadership appointments this week, elevating Leonardo Riera to chair of its board of directors, and Jared Novick to the role of COO. Both were already involved...