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In this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation, Mark Holmes discusses the results of a recent industry survey by ST Engineering iDirect in partnership with Via Satellite. Looking to the future, learn about...

SES expanded the leadership team for subsidiary SES Government Solutions (SES GS), hiring Ben Pigsley as senior vice president for Defense Networks and Jim Hooper, senior vice president for Space...

Greg Wyler-founded startup E-Space has added to its executive team, hiring Gunjan Murarka as CFO and Dalibor Djuran as chief satellite systems engineer.  Murarka joins E-Space from smallsat manufacturer LeoStella,...

Hear from ST Engineering iDirect’s Head of Global Government Strategy, Koen Willems, as he talks to Mark Holmes about how New Ground and its key technology innovations will benefit next-generation...

Space companies recognize the need for a diverse workforce and diverse perspectives around the table — yet acknowledge the industry has a way to go on this issue.  “There’s so much...

Eutelsat Communications named a new president and CEO of its Eutelsat America business on Monday. Richard Mortellaro, who previously served as senior vice president of Sales, Marketing and Fixed Satellite...

Mynaric has hired former SA Photonics exec Mustafa Veziroglu as president and a member of its management board. Veziroglu will oversee development, qualification, and serial production of Mynaric’s laser communications...

Comtech Telecommunications appointed Chairman Ken Peterman its new president and CEO, succeeding Michael Porcelain, effective immediately. The company announced the change on Aug. 10, less than seven months after Porcelain...

Globalstar has hired IoT industry veteran Chirag Patel as director of Product Management to lead the company’s vision for industrial IoT. He will be responsible for product vision, strategy, roadmap...

President Biden nominated Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman to be the U.S. Space Force’s next Chief of Space Operations, succeeding Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, who is projected to retire later...