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New York City, NY., October 15, 2024 – Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has appointed Tamara Bond-Williams as Deputy Executive Director effective October 1, 2024. In her new role, she will have primary responsibility for the association’s membership programs, sponsorship, content development, events and partnerships.

McLean, Va., October 14, 2024 – Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) today announced that U.S. Space Force Colonel (Ret.) Kalliroi Landry has joined Iridium as Government Programs Director. In this new role, Col. Landry will engage Department of Defense (DoD) communities to help drive continued collaboration, data sharing, transparency and simpler adoption of commercial solutions. 

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, October 14, 2024 – Global private equity firm NewSpace Capital has announced the appointment of former U.S. Space Command deputy commander Lieutenant-General John E. Shaw and ex-CEO of Luxembourg-based commercial satellite operator SES Ruy Pinto as Industry Advisory Board members.

Las Vegas, Nev., September 26, 2024 — PSSI Global Services, a  provider of transmission services, announced the appointment of Jason Land as vice president of business development. Jason brings over 25 years of extensive experience in media services and technology, including a distinguished earlier tenure with PSSI and Strategic Television. His return to the company in this newly created role marks an exciting chapter as PSSI ramps up its initiatives to innovate and expand its product and service offerings.

New York City, September 24, 2024 – Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today announced that it will present its 2024 Mentor of the Year Award to Joan Tang Mancuso, Marketing & Business Development Consultant and former marketing and sales executive at multiple global communications enterprises. Joan will be honored on October 21 at SSPI’s 19th Annual Future Leaders Celebration for the attention, support, wisdom and guidance she has provided to young professionals and colleagues throughout and after her career in the industry. During the Celebration, SSPI will also honor the “20 Under 35” space and satellite professionals to watch in the coming years and present three of them with its Promise Award for outstanding achievement.

New York City, NY, September 19, 2024 – The Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today announced the seventh annual “20 Under 35” list of outstanding young space and satellite professionals age 35 and under. The honorees will be celebrated at SSPI’s 19th annual Future Leaders Celebration on October 21 during Silicon Valley Space Week, produced by SatNews publishers.

Houston, Tex.,  September 17, 2024 - Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies Inc, operating in combination as a wholly owned independent U.S. proxy company and subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, today announced appointments to its executive team. The team will position the organization for growth as it integrates and expands its low Earth orbit (LEO) and geostationary (GEO) SATCOM solutions for both U.S. government and commercial customers according to the combined company.

Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2024  - An Executive Sptolight Interview with Zobair Karchi, Vice President Technical, Es’hailSat. Exceprts follows:

Adelaide, Australia, September 5, 2024 - Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) has announced Nina Patz as its new Head of Business Development. Nina’s appointment adds to the company’s senior commercial team as it approaches its next scheduled launches commencing in mid-2025 with South Korean rocket company, Innospace.

by Bernardo Schneiderman

Sao Paolo, Brazil, September 3, 2024 -Satellite Executive Briefing (SEB) invited executives from the key satellite players in the region in a virtual executive roundtable to shed light on the Latin American satellite broadband market. We received feedback from Juan Pablo, Regional Vice President, Americas, Eutelsat Group; Daniel Losada, VP International Division at Hughes; Dolores Martos, Regional VP Sales Latin America & Caribbean, Telesat; and Leandro Gaunszer – General Director of Viasat Brazil. Excerpts from the virtual roundtable are as follows: