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Washington, D.C., September 6, 2013-- Intelsat's board of directors elected John W. Diercksen to serve on the board as an independent director effective today. Mr. Diercksen will also serve on the Audit Committee. Mr. Diercksen is currently an executive vice president of Verizon Communications, with responsibility for key strategic initiatives related to the review and assessment of potential mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Denver, Colo. August 28, 2013 – Global supplier of content management and network infrastructure Harris Broadcast has announced plans to preview the new management team’s vision and strategy by naming senior management appointments.  Steve Foreman has been named president of global operations and services, and Jeff Liening, senior vice president of global sales operations.

Reston, Va., August 23, 2013 — International Launch Services (ILS) has appointed Kirk Pysher as vice president of mission assurance and product development.ILS said Physer will be in charge of bolstering ILS’ focus on performance with responsibility for the overall quality review and monitoring of the Proton Quality Management System (QMS), oversight of Proton production processes and procedures.

Middletown, R.I., August 23, 2013--KVH Industries, Inc., announced that  Mark Guthrie has joined the company as Vice President, Global Mobile Broadband Sales to manage the continuing development of the mini-VSAT Broadband network and related products and services.

Herndon, VA, August 22, 2013 – Inmarsat Government, a provider of secure, global, mission-critical telecommunication solutions to the U.S. public sector, announced the appointment of Susan Miller as president and chief executive officer. In this role, Miller will be responsible for the overall business strategy and direction for Inmarsat Government, a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary of Inmarsat plc, responsible for all direct U.S. government business.

Los Angeles, Calif., August 15, 2013--Robert N. Wold, who left a successful career as an advertising executive to become a pioneer in the use of satellite technology for broadcasting, died Saturday, August 10^th, 2013 in Irvine, Ca.  He was 87.

London, UK, August 14, 2013-- Vislink announced a significant strengthening of its sales management staff with the hiring of John Dulany as Business Development Manager for the Broadcast Division and Richard Harvey as Product Line Manager for Satellite & Video Compression Solutions.

Mclean, Va., Aug. 9, 2013--Iridium Communications Inc. announced the promotion of two Company executives, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick and S. Scott Smith, expanding their roles to further round out its leadership team and support the development of Iridium NEXT, Iridium's second-generation satellite constellation.

Washington, D.C., July 29, 2013--ETL Systems, a satellite communications specialist which designs and manufactures equipment for the broadcast, telecoms, satellite communication and government sectors, has appointed Bill Pryle as its new International Sales Manager.