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 June, the company is collaborating with Apadilangit to run a CanSat competition for Malaysian students. Measat announced details of the competition May 19. The competition…

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. True advanced mobility requires high-performance and high-efficiency, scale and customization. ST Engineering iDirect, a satcom ground segment provider with advanced mobility capabilities, is joined by…

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 Intelsat brought on former Raytheon executive David Wajsgras as CEO in March after exiting bankruptcy in February.  Anthony (Toby) O’Brien will become Intelsat CFO. He…

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 service provider Cogent Communications. He will start his new job at AST SpaceMobile on May 10, replacing AST's former financial lead executive Tom Severson, who…