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Abuja, Nigeria, December 26,2022 - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Eng. Tukur Funtua as the new Managing Director of Nigeria Communications Satellite, NIGCOMSAT, following the retirement of Dr Abimbola Alale.

Tel Aviv, Israel, December 21, 2022 – Astroscale Israel, a subsidiary of Astroscale U.S., an entity within Astroscale Holdings Inc., announce new executive leadership changes.  Arie Halsband will retire and transition to Senior Advisor; Ofir Azriel named Managing Director.

İzmir, Turkey, December 19, 2022--Zero Density has appointed Yacoub Al Husseini as the new Regional Sales Manager for Middle East and Africa. Al Husseini began his career at national broadcaster ART, where he worked as an engineer. He then progressed to numerous broadcast companies including OSN and Barco before moving into sales at a vendor company where he worked for eight years.

New York City NY, December 7, 2022--Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today opened nominations for the 22nd Induction to the Space & Satellite Hall of Fame. The new Inductees will be honored at the Hall of Fame Celebration on March 14, 2023. Nominations are due by January 9, 2023.

Lake Geneva, WI., December 5, 2022  - Isotropic Networks, Inc., has announced the addition of Rhonda Guess to its leadership team as Senior Director of Sales, Satellite and Earth Station Services. She has joined the Isotropic team to grow the company's portfolio of clients and partners across all satellite services sectors.

Washington, DC., December 5, 2022 – Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP (WBK) is pleased to announce K. Dane Snowden has joined the firm as a Senior Advisor in the Washington, DC, office. Dane’s wide recognition as a respected leader both at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and among industry hail from more than two decades of experience across the communications and technology sector.

Germantown, MD, December 1, 2022—EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) today announced that Pradman Kaul, president of  Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, has decided to retire at the end of this year. On January 1, 2023, Paul Gaske will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer, succeeding Mr. Kaul and reporting to Hamid Akhavan, CEO of EchoStar.

View videos from IBC 2022 show held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from September 9-12, 2022 including: David Treadway, Chairman of the Board-iKO Media Group; Cristi Damian, VP-Business Development-Comtech Satellite Network Technologies; and Jorg Rockstroh,VP-Business Development--WORK Microwave. 

Paris, France, November 24, 2022​ - Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced the appointment of Christophe Caudrelier as Chief Financial Officer, effective at the latest on 2nd January 2023.

Ballasalla, Isle of Man, 2nd November 2022 - Joe Chan, Director of Flight Dynamics at Intelsat has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Space Data Association (SDA), a non-profit international association of satellite operators. Joe Chan will take over from SES’s Pascal Wauthier, as Chairman from 1st November.