Aerojet Rocketdyne announced today that Jim Maser will join the company on Aug. 13 as senior vice president of the Space Business Unit, reporting directly to CEO and President Eileen Drake.

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat – SEHK: 1135) announced today that it is integrating the company’s commercial, marketing and business development teams under the leadership of Ms.

Globecomm, a global service provider of multi-network communication solutions, today announced orders valued at over US$ 215 million for its fiscal year 2018, which ended June 30, 2018. Orders from new customers as well as renewals and expansions contributed to robust growth across the company’s government, telecom, enterprise, oil and gas, and media markets.

Panasonic Avionics Corporation has appointed Gaston Sandoval as Global Head of Marketing and Product Management. In this role, Gaston will lead Panasonic’s marketing and product strategy as the company evolves into a digital platform and services company and delivers the next generation of passenger experiences.

Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) reported total revenues of US$ 537.7 million but suffered a net loss attributable to Intelsat S.A. of US$ 46.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018.

iKO Media Group, a global end-to-end service provider for broadcasters and content owners, named today David Treadway as Chairman of the Board effective immediately.

MDA today announced the appointment of Michael Rack to serve as President of the newly-created MDA Commercial division beginning September 24, 2018.The addition of Rack, along with the recently announced appointment of Chris Pogue as President of MDA Government, rounds out the MDA senior leader

NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 15th Edition report, published today, finds satellite capacity revenues continue a long-range growth path of 6.8% CAGR over the next decade.  However, near term caution persists as business models pivot to data-centric & HTS applications, amidst a projected video-centric capacity revenue loss over US$ 2 billion by 2027.  Emerging data use cases, such as Mobility, Cellular Backhaul and Broadband Connectivity

Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that at 04:39:30 am PDT (11:39:30 UTC) a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to low earth orbit (LEO).

For its third launch in 2018, the European Ariane 5 launcher has placed an additional four satellites in orbit, which will form part of the European Galileo navigation constellation. The Ariane 5 lifted off on schedule at 13h25mns and 1 second CET from the European spaceport in Kourou (French Guiana), carrying Galileo satellites 23, 24, 25 and 26.