December 5, 2024
 

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In This Issue: Thursday Morning Conversation With Comtech CEO John Ratigan | Trump Nominates Entrepreneur and Commercial Astronaut Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA | Gogo Completes Satcom Direct Acquisition | Northrop Grumman Activates and Hands Over Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission | Telesat and MDA Space Complete PDR for Lightspeed 
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Thursday Morning Conversation With Comtech CEO John Ratigan
The final Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC) features Comtech's new President and CEO John Ratigan about a big year for Comtech in 2024 and a look……[continued]
Government/Military
Trump Nominates Entrepreneur and Commercial Astronaut Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA as administrator. Isaacman is an entrepreneur and the founder of Shift4……[continued]
Finance
Gogo Completes Satcom Direct Acquisition, Consolidating Business Jet Connectivity Providers
Gogo completed its acquisition of Satcom Direct to form a multi-orbit, multi-band, in-flight connectivity (IFC) provider for the business aviation and military/government mobility markets. One……[continued]
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Northrop Grumman Activates and Hands Over Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission
Northrop Grumman has reached a key milestone in a major Arctic satellite mission. It has successfully handed over mission operations of Space Norway’s Arctic Satellite……[continued]
Manufacturing
Telesat and MDA Space Complete PDR for Lightspeed Constellation
Telesat and MDA Space have completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for the Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, the companies announced Wednesday.  Completing the PDR……[continued]
Government/Military
ICYMI: Australia's Approach to Space Defense Shifts After JP9102 Cancellation
PERTH, Western Australia — Australia lacks a national direction when it comes to defense space policy and the country should be working closely with the……[continued]
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