Member States of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have re-elected Houlin Zhao of China as ITU secretary-general. The election took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during the Plenary session of the PP-18 conference this morning. Zhao won the position with 176 votes, from 178 ballot papers deposited. He contested the position unopposed.

ATLAS Space Operations announced today the appointment of Sean Casey, Ph.D. as the new Vice President of Business Development. Dr. Casey brings to ATLAS a long track-record of success, including more than 25 years of leadership experience, and unparalleled subject-matter-expertise.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced it has expanded the company's board of directors with the appointment of Deborah Clifford.

Phasor has appointed experienced electronics and ASIC executive, Michael Warren, to Senior Vice President, Operations.

Gary Donnan will join Eutelsat Communications on 29 October as Chief Innovation Officer, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Rodolphe Belmer.

In response to accelerated growth of its U.S. and Canadian customer base, Riedel Communications has appointed Endi A. Maricevic as service manager for North America. Based in Riedel's Burbank, California, office, Maricevic is providing dedicated customer support as well as managing Riedel's service operations.

SATConsult, a member of the Euroconsult Group, has announced the appointment of David Chégnion as managing director. In this capacity, David will succeed Mustapha Elriz who founded the company in 2006 and has served as its CEO since this date.

The maritime market for the satellite communications industry continue to grow according to a recent report by NSR. NSR forecasts that the maritime atcom market  will generate US$36 Billion in cumulative revenues through 2027. Driven by the migration of unconnected vessels to MSS, MSS customers to VSAT, and VSAT vessels to even higher throughputs, revenue growth will approach 7% from 2017 – 2027.

To shed light on the strategy behind China's global satelllite marketing efforts, Satellite Markets and Research caught up with Mr. Fu Zhiheng, Executive VP of China-based satellite launch services provider Great Wall Industries.

How do find Great Wall’s position in the global launch market today?

Maxar Technologies has announced that Mike Gold, vice president of Regulatory and Policy at Maxar and General Counsel of its Radiant Solutions business, has been appointed to serve as a representative member of the NASA Advisory Council by Administrator Jim Bridenstine, where he will chair the newly formed Regulatory and Policy Committee.