Globalstar today announced a series of senior leadership and organizational changes to drive growth within the Commercial IoT sector. Among the changes, Globalstar has appointed Jim Mandala to the role of Vice President of Commercial IoT Sales with global responsibilities.
Mandala has been with Globalstar for 15 years, and previously held the Vice President General Manager title overseeing sales in Canada and Europe, in addition to restructuring business operations in Africa.
At 10:00 a.m. US EST, SpaceX 's Falcon 9 rocked successfully launched its first dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.On board the Falcon 9 rocket were 133 commercial and government spacecraft (including CubeSats, microsats, and orbital transfer vehicles) and 10 Starlink satellites – the most spacecraft ever deployed on a single mission.
The Starlink satellites aboard this mission were the first in the constellation to deploy to a polar orbit.
OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, announced that Eric Gillenwater has been appointed to the role of Vice President and Business Head of Global Carrier and Enterprise, leading the Company's Enterprise division.
The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released The Virtual Teleport, a new research report that examines the growing adoption and impact of virtualization on the teleport and satellite sector.
Distance and physical barriers are hampering data transmission to remote locations, but new technologies are evolving to break down these barriers.
Pay TV revenues for the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region fell by 14% between 2016 and 2020 to $2.74 billion. Revenues will continue to fall slowly - to $2.52 billion in 2026 according to Digital TV Research. The 2026 revenues will be 23% lower than 2016.
Redwire, a provider of mission critical space solutions and high reliability components for the next generation space economy, announced today that it has acquired Oakman Aerospace, Inc. (OAI) a provider of cutting-edge products and services related to digital engineering, spacecraft and satellite design and development, mission payload development, and data distribution services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Satellite relay operator SpaceLink announced key executive appointments including Tony Colucci as Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer, Larry Rubin as Chief Operating Officer, Rob Singh, formerly of Maxar Technologies, has joined as Chief Technology Officer, and David Lihani, formerly of Astrolabe Enterprises, was named General Counsel.
HISPASAT, Red Eléctrica Group’s Spanish telecommunication satellite operator, has renewed its agreement with Fundación ATRESMEDIA once again this year to collaborate in providing a satellite broadcast of the FAN3 television channel, dedicated to hospitalised children. This initiative forms part of the Foundation's Humanising Children's Hospital Program.
