Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) today announced that Greg Pelton will join the company as Chief Technical Officer (CTO), effective June 17, 2021.  Reporting to Iridium Chief Operations Officer Suzi McBride, Pelton is taking over for retiring CTO Hermon Pon and will lead Iridium’s world-class technology and system engineering teams both internally and with

At its May meeting, the Board of Directors of Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) appointed Nicole Robinson, President of Ursa Space Systems, as Chair and Katherine Gizinski, CEO of Mansat, as President. They are joined by eight new Directors elected by the membership for three-year terms beginning July 1, including:

The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced the election of four new members to its Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning April 1, 2021. They include:

Seraphim Capital, a specialist investment group focused on the space sector, is delighted to announce that it has appointed Jan Wörner, former Director General of the European Space Agency, as Senior Advisor and Member of the Advisory Board.

Optical wireless communications (OWC) solutions and ­services provider BridgeComm, Inc., announced the appointment of Dr. Sandra Magnus to its advisory board.

SatService' Founder Michael Ulbricht has trasition from his position of Managing Director to Senior Consultant effective last June 1st, 2021.  He will be succeeded by his co-Managing Director Wilfried Megger, who will now take over the reins of the company.

Marlink has announced the appointment of Nicolas Furgé as President of the recently created Digital and IT Solutions business unit.

UltiSat, a global provider of critical communications solutions, announced today that Tim Smith has joined the company as its new Vice President and General Manager of Wireless Solutions.

Inmarsat has expanded its division dedicated to connectivity for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, with the addition of two new senior executives. The company aannounced the appointment of Jon Holmes as Senior Director of UAV Technology and Mark ter Hove as Senior Manager of European Market Development.

Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) today announced Evan Dixon has been promoted to the role of President of Viasat's Global Fixed Broadband business and Craig Miller advances from Government Systems' Chief Technology Officer to now lead the segment as President.