At the PTC 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Satellite Markets and Research interviewed key excutives including Ronald van der Breggen, Chief Commercial Offic

Hughes Network Systems, a leading provider of broadband satellite networks and services, announced that the  IEEE has honored Dr. Lin-Nan Lee, vice president of Advanced Development at Hughes and Life Fellow at IEEE, with its “Distinguished Contributions to Satellite Communications” award.

To jump-start the 2019 year, Terrasat has recently surpassed shipping out 20K IBUCs worldwide, and it continues to charge forward by expanding its sales team. Terrasat welcomes Paul Gorton to the team as Director of Sales, EMEA, who will be combining forces with Ron Merritt, Regional VP of EMEA.

Iridium Communications has announced that COO Scott Smith has decided to retire effective March 15th and  the company is welcoming back to Iridium new chief operations officer Suzi McBride.

SES is streamlining customer support and services by forming a global services delivery team under the leadership of a Chief Services Officer (CSO). John Baughn, formerly executive vice president global services at SES Networks, is appointed to this newly created position.

SES said this move underscores the company’s commitment to place customers at the heart of its business and deliver exceptional customer experience following the successful implementation of two market-facing business units in 2017, SES Video and SES Networks.

Satellite communications innovator and space gateway Goonhilly Earth Station today announced that data centre industry veteran Chris Roberts has joined its executive team as head of data centre and cloud.

AST & Science has named satellite-industry veteran Chris Ivory to serve as chief commercial officer (CCO) and also chief executive officer (CEO) of the newly formed AST & Defense subsidiary.