Via Satellite’s executive interviews provided an in-depth look into the biggest stories of the year. Here is a roundup of 10 of our best and most popular interviews of 2025 with the leaders who drive the satellite industry forward.

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Next-Gen Globalstar: CEO Paul Jacobs Talks Growth in D2D, IoT, and Satellite/Cellular Convergence

Globalstar CEO Paul Jacobs digs into how Globalstar’s financial turnaround is fueling the next generation of the company, and where the company is looking to grow beyond its wholesale agreement with Apple, in areas like commercial IoT and government. — January 2025

Boeing Space Missions VP Michelle Parker on the Outlook for Government, Commercial Satellite Manufacturing

Michelle Parker, vice president of Boeing Space Mission Systems, shares her outlook on demand for satellite manufacturing, particularly more demand on the government side, and the investments Boeing has made to ramp up and automate production lines. — April 2025

Nigcomsat CEO Weighs in on the Role of Satellite in Nigeria’s Digital Future

Nigcomsat CEO Jane Nkechi Egerton-Idehen details the company’s multi-orbit strategy and agreement with Eutelsat, and how satellite is part of expanding affordable broadband access in Nigeria — June 2025

The 10 Years that Led SWISSto12 CEO Emile de Rijk to Becoming Satellite Executive of the Year

Satellite Executive of the Year 2024 winner Emile de Rijk recounts the origin story of disruptive manufacturer SWISSto12 and how the satellite industry has embraced small Geostationary Orbit (GEO) manufacturing. — June 2025 

Slingshot Aerospace CEO Tim Solms on How the Agatha Tool Harnesses AI to Make Sense of Orbital Activity

Slingshot Aerospace CEO Tim Solms talks about how Agatha AI, winner of 2024 Satellite Technology of the Year, is being put to use to secure space operations, and the company’s focus on talent and culture that allows Slingshot to punch above its weight in technology. — June 2025 

Adel Al-Saleh Charts Future for SES After Intelsat Acquisition With New Brand, MEO Investments

Just after closing the massive Intelsat acquisition, SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh talks about what happens next for the company, plans for a new brand launch, and SES’s investment plans as a combined company to compete with the other key global players going forward. This was a two-part interview, read Part Two here. — July 2025

Three Years Post KA-SAT Attack, Viasat’s Phil Mar Talks Lessons Learned on Cybersecurity Posture

Space Security Sentinel (S3) interviewed Phil Mar, VP/CTO of Engineering for Viasat Government, about the company’s cybersecurity posture and insight into how the operator is adapting its strategy to emerging cyber threats, three years after the attack on the KA-SAT ground network. — July 2025

Driving Commercial Integration in Space With COMSO Director Lt. Col. Tim Trimailo

Lt. Col. Tim Trimailo, director of Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office (COMSO), joined the On Orbit podcast to talk about the relationship between the commercial space industry and the Space Force and COMSO’s shift in focus to delivering operational capabilities to the warfighter. — August 2025 

Lanteris CEO Chris Johnson on the Company’s New Identity, Post-Maxar Rebrand

Lanteris CEO Chris Johnson sizes up opportunity for the company’s spacecraft manufacturing business as Lanteris rebrands from Maxar and takes on more government business. — October 2025 

Rethinking the LEO Constellation: Massimiliano Ladovaz on SpinLaunch’s Plans for Meridian Space

Industry veteran and former OneWeb CTO Massimiliano Ladovaz explains his decision to join SpinLaunch and how the constellation fundamentally rethinks the economics of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO).