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Washington, D.C., June 17, 2024 — Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP (WBK)  announced that C. Sean Spivey is joining the firm as a Partner in the Washington, DC, office. Sean comes to WBK after serving in several senior roles in government at both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Washington, June 10, 2024--Crest Hill Advisors LLC announced that Ken Turner, a trained engineer and technology policy expert who spent more than 35 years working on spectrum matters in the Department of Defense, has joined the firm as a Senior Advisor. 

Vilnius, Lithuania, June 10, 2024 – Smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer Kongsberg NanoAvionics has appointed Atle Wøllo as its new CEO. Wøllo is replacing Žilvinas Kvedaravičius, who became interim CEO last year, following the departure of co-founder and former CEO Vytenis J. Buzas in 2023.

Petah Tikva, Israel, May 20, 2024 — Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT), a provider of satellite networking technology, solutions, and services, announced today that Nicole Robinson has been appointed as President of DataPath.

Paris, France, May 1, 2024 – Eutelsat Group (ISIN: FR0010221234 – Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL) announced today that Kevin Steen has been appointed by the Eutelsat America Corp. (EAC) Board of Directors to the position of President and CEO of EAC. He will also continue his existing role as President and CEO of OneWeb Technologies (OWT). EAC and OWT completed their combination earlier this year and will go to market as a single EAC entity.

Dubai, UAE, April 16, 2024 -  Satellite operator Agility Beyond Space (ABS) announce the appointment of Mark Rigolle as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 29, 2024.

Herndon, Va., April 12, 2024--Alex Beach Head of Media and Broadcast Market Development ST Engineering iDirect spoke to satellitemarkets.com on the changing video market and OTT solutions.

Steisslingen, Germany , April 11, 2024 - SatService announced that Oliver Vogel, a proven expert in sales and business development of hardware and software products for satellite ground segment applications, has joined its 'sat-nms' sales team as Director of Sales and Business Development effective last  April 1st 2024.

London, UK,  April 3, 2024 – Global private equity firm NewSpace Capital has announced the appointment of seasoned investor Hassan Karimi as an Industry Advisory Board member. Hassan, who co-founded the Dubai-based asset management firm KHK & Partners, brings more than 18 years of global investment experience.

Broomfield, Colorado, April 3, 2024 - Kayhan Space has appointed seasoned military and space intel veteran Mark Mueller as Vice President of Government Growth to lead the company’s development and delivery of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Action, plus Offensive and Defensive Space Control solutions for a range of classified and unclassified Government missions.