Rockets, “Beat Bobby Flay” (a cooking show for the uninitiated), French 1980s pop music, “The Crown,” “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel”— all topics for our first Thursday Morning Conversation of 2021, as we talk rockets and pop culture with Tiphaine Louradour, the new president of ILS. Tiphaine became the president of ILS back in March 2020 and we talk about her plans for ILS, and her experience of taking over the business  just as the pandemic started to hit. On a lighter note, we also talk French pop music, TV, and card games and how there could be some friendly competition between Arianespace and ILS over the French card game tarot in the future.

Via Satellite’s Thursday Morning Conversations are the newest way to learn about the latest news in the satellite industry. From interviews with industry leaders and discussions with newcomers in space and satellite to debates among Via Satellite staff and chats about the latest in sports and pop culture, TMC will be your go-to for a Thursday morning respite. Grab a coffee, sit back, and listen in every Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. ET for the latest segment. And you can catch up on all of the previous TMCs right here.