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Newport Beach, Calif., January 27, 2025 — Bitcentral, a provider of media solutions for broadcast and digital video, proudly announced the appointment of John Kennedy to its Board of Directors. 

Stockton, Calif., January 21, 2025  Applied Aerospace, a  manufacturer of spacecraft and aircraft systems for commercial and military applications, announced the appointment of satellite industry veteran David Myers as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). The newly created position will leverage the company's 70-year heritage and unique capabilities to drive market expansion. Target sectors include space launch vehicles, satellite constellations, hypersonics, missiles, and uncrewed (UAS) systems, as well as radar and communications.

Pfäffikon, Switzerland, January 19, 2025 - iKO Media Group (iKOMG), a provider of end-to-end media solutions and broadcasting innovation, announced the appointment of Galia Dolev as Vice President of Global Human Resources. This strategic addition reinforces iKOMG’s commitment to cultivating a people-first culture while driving its ambitious growth and innovation agenda accoridng to the company.

London, UK., January 15, 2025 – Stephen Nuttall has been appointed as the new Chair of IBC’s Partnership Board. Made up of representatives from each of the six partner organisations which own IBC (IABM, IEEE, IET, RTS, SCTE and SMPTE), the IBC Partnership Board provides the governance and strategic oversight of IBC. 

By Bernardo Schneiderman

Los Angeles, Calif., January 15, 2025 - BryceTech announced the new edition of its annual Smallsats by the Numbers report. In 2023, a record number of 2,680 smallsats (≤1200kg) were launched, an 18% increase from 2022 and a 61% increase from 2021. Smallsat broadband megaconstellation operators dominated smallsat activity in 2023 and are continuing deployments in 2024.

Chandler, Ariz. January 13, 2025 – Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) today announced that its Board of Director has named Ken Traub as President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing John Ratigan effective immediately. Mr. Traub joined the Comtech Board on October 31, 2024 and became Executive Chairman on November 27, 2024.

Ottawa, Canada. January 13, 2025–Satellite operator Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) today announced that Michel Forest will be its new Chief Technology Officer following the retirement of David Wendling at the end of February 2025. In this role, Forest will report to Dan Goldberg, Telesat’s President and CEO, and oversee Telesat’s satellite operations, satellite and systems engineering, launch activities and program management.

Houston, TX, January 8, 2025 – Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies Inc (EACOWT), which operate as a wholly owned independent U.S. proxy company and subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, today announced the appointment of Ian Canning as president and chief executive officer (CEO). His appointment by the EACOWT board of directors became effective on December 20, 2024.

San Francisco, Calif., January 7, 2025 -  Planet Labs announce  two new members to its executive leadership team,Thomas Murphy has been promoted to General Counsel and Trevor Hammond has returned to Planet as Chief Communications Officer.

David Cavaillolès

Paris, France, December 19, 2024 - ArianeGroup today announce the departure of Stéphane Israël, CEO of Arianespace, who has been at the company’s helm since April 2013. David Cavaillolès will join the Group in January as CEO of Arianespace and member of ArianeGroup’s Executive Committee.