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Intelsat has hired Raytheon Technologies exec David J. Broadbent as its new president of Government Solutions. Intelsat announced the hire on Nov. 13, effective immediately.  Broadbent is now responsible for Intelsat’s global government business. Government Solutions is the new name for Intelsat General, the company’s government business, an Intelsat spokesperson confirmed to Via Satellite. Broadbent...

Hamid Akhavan is now CEO of Dish Network ahead of the EchoStar/Dish merger close, the company announced Monday. Akhavan is currently the CEO of EchoStar, and it was already in the works for him to lead the combined company when the merger ended. According to the Nov. 13 announcement, he will take the helm at...

Spire Global posted a 34% year-over-year increase in revenue in the third quarter of 2023 and raised the low end of its guidance for the full year. Spire announced its Q3 results on Nov. 8.  Third quarter revenue was a record $27.3 million, which exceeded the top end of Spire’s expectations by $300,000. The company...

Avanti Communications is revamping its strategy to become more of a multi-orbit operator for the first time. The company is in talks with a leading Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) operator to procure capacity and will also be investing heavily in its managed services capabilities. Avanti announced this new strategic repositioning on Nov. 10. The company intends...

Comtech won a $20 million order for its next-generation troposcatter systems from the U.K.-based Spectra Group to service NATO and European customers.  The award is for Comtech’s Comet — Compact Over-the-Horizon Transportable Terminal — a light, man-pack troposcatter system for beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications. Spectra Group is Comtech’s regional distributor of its Comet terminal in Europe. ...

Rocket Lab reported a 7% year-over-year revenue increase in the third quarter of 2023, posting $67.7 million in revenue. Net loss was $40.6 million.  Revenue of $67.7 million was near the high-end of Rocket Lab’s prior revised guidance of $66 million to $68 million. Sequentially, revenue increased 9%, primarily due to revenue from Rocket Lab’s...

Aero, a semi-private airline based in the U.S., has tapped SpaceX to equip its fleet with Starlink’s in-flight connectivity service, the company announced Thursday.   Aero pitches itself as “the future of first class,” and its semi-private jets have just 16 seats. The airline operates out of private terminals and flies select routes in North America. ...

MediaMobil, a telecommunications company that provides internet to remote locations, signed a deal with Eutelsat Communications for maritime connectivity for ships and off-shore vessels. Eutelsat will supply its Advance managed service to connect MediaMobil’s fleet of more than 100 multipurpose, tanker, and offshore construction vessels.  MediaMobil is a long-time customer of Eutelsat’s. The deal announced...

The European Space Agency (ESA) finalized its Zero Debris Charter, releasing the document this week during the 2023 Space Summit in Seville, Spain. The non-binding charter calls participants to stop generating space debris by 2030.  The charter sets out a number of targets, including that a mission’s probability of generating space debris should remain below...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded SES’s government subsidiary a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for the O3b system. The award announced Wednesday is a single award BPA to SES Space & Defense worth up to $270 million over five years.  Under the contract, SES will provide low-latency, high-throughput satellite services from its satellites in...