Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) announced today that, on May 7, it will induct three new members into the prestigious Space & Satellite Hall of Fame. The 2019 honorees are Greg Wyler, Founder and Executive Chairman of OneWeb; Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium; and Henry Goldberg, Partner at Goldberg, Godles, Wiener & Wright.

At the CABSAT 2019 in Dubai, UAE, Satellite Markets and Research interviewed key excutives including  Toni Jelavic, CEO and Frane Milos, Country Manager, Luxembourg of Amphinicy Technologies; Andrey and Tomaz Lovsin of STN; Steve Richeson, VP-Sales and Marketing, Mission Microwave; and Tom Pagonis, Director of Sales, AVCOM of Virginia.  To view the videos, click on the aformentioned executive's name. 

Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announced today the appointment of Julie Burguburu as Company Secretary of the Group and a member of the Executive Committee, effective March 15.

Space systems technology solutions company LinQuest Corporation has announced Timothy Dills as its new Chief Executive Officer and President.

DataPath announced today the appointment of Henrik Asbjørn of Copenhagen, Denmark, to the position of Senior Director, Head of Sales – Europe.

Asbjørn will have overall responsibility for sales and customer development for the company’s satellite and wireless communications products and systems and secure communications software.

The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) has announced the appointment of Irina Petrov to serve as its Vice President for Marketing and Membership with effect on March 5, 2019. 

At the PTC 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Satellite Markets and Research interviewed key excutives including Ronald van der Breggen, Chief Commercial Officer of Leosat; Gregg Daffner, President of the Asia Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC); Brandon Seir, VP-Sales and Marketing, Kacific and New Space entrepreneur Gary Hatch. To view the videos, click on the aformentioned executive's name.  

At the PTC 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Brandon Seir, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing-Kacific.

At the PTC 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Ronald van der Breggen, Chief Commercial Officer-Leosat on their planned Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.

At the PTC 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Gregg Daffner, President of the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC) on the regulatory initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region.