Finance

Dish Network has promoted Paul W. Orban to Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Orban, a 23-year veteran of DISH, had served as the company’s Senior Vice President (SVP), chief accounting officer, principal financial officer and controller. Orban will continue reporting to Dish President and CEO Erik Carlson. Orban joined Dish in 1996 as a...

Airbus appointed Nicolas Chamussy as Space Advisor within Airbus’ Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Public Affairs department, with immediate effect. In this new role, Chamussy aims to foster international cooperation in the deep space exploration domain, with a particular focus on the involvement of the European industry in the Moon exploration program Artemis, in close...

Eutelsat Communications revealed several changes to its Executive Committee, as part of a generational renewal of its management body. These changes will be effective as of 1 July this year. Philippe Oliva, currently Executive Vice President, (EVP) sales and products, succeeds Michel Azibert as Chief Commercial Officer (COO). In this role, he will be responsible...

Robert Cardillo has joined HawkEye 360‘s advisory board. Cardillo is the former Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and a highly experienced national security professional and geospatial expert. During his tenure as the sixth director of the NGA, Cardillo sought to leverage the growing commercial capabilities of the geospatial industry. Prior to the NGA,...

SES revealed a new Ku-band free-to-air solution on the SES-10 satellite located at 67 degrees West. TV viewers across Brazil can now receive some of the country’s most popular channels. TV Cultura, among other channels and content owners, have been testing SES’s newest Ku-band uplink. Broadcasters and radio operators will also be able to leverage the Ku-band...

When it comes to NewSpace investment, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) serves as the industry’s ultimate market insider and growth champion. Consider this: Nearly 7 out of every 10 U.S. venture-backed technology firms that completed an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 2018 and half of all U.S. venture-capital backed firms are SVB clients. For 35 years,...

York Space Systems appointed Melanie Preisser as vice president of national systems. Preisser was most recently vice president of government relations for Stratolaunch Systems where she led all Washington D.C. operations for the company, building integral relationships with government agencies and key officials while advocating for next generation launch and small satellite capabilities for the...

CETel, a global satellite communications and network service provider, has made a significant acquisition in the U.K. space market today. The company acquired U.K.-based Cobbett Hill Earth Station Limited (Cobbett Hill) for an undisclosed amount. CETel said that the move strategically increases its presence and activities in the marine and broadcast markets, alongside its traditional...

Tom Choi is wasting no time as he looks to make his mark in the satellite industry, post ABS. Having launched Curvalux, an affordable and power efficient wireless broadband platform, Choi has now launched another company, Saturn Satellite Networks (Saturn), a US Delaware Corporation that is building what he claims is the world’s first space...

Speedcast International and XipLink formed a strategic partnership to develop technologies to help maximize efficiencies in data transfer across wide area networks (WAN). As the technology convergence between the network and application layers speeds up, Speedcast and XipLink both see the importance in developing next-generation solutions that are flexible and scalable across different environments. The partnership...