Satellite News

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director, Dr K Sivan, is set to take charge as the new chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 12 January.

Allied Minds plc announced the appointment of Barry Matsumori as CEO of BridgeSat, Inc. (BridgeSat) effective 17 July 2017.

NASA has renamed the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft — humanity’s first mission to a star, which will launch in 2018 — as the Parker Solar Probe in honour of astrophysicist Eugene Parker.

Airbus Safran Launchers, the joint venture created at the initiative of the Airbus and Safran groups in order to reorganise the European launchers sector, is to be known as ArianeGroup. The change in corporate name will be effective as of 1 July 2017.

Telesat announced that Erwin Hudson has joined the company as Vice President, Telesat LEO, reporting to President and CEO, Dan Goldberg.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Howard L. Lance as President and Chief Executive Officer of MDA, effective 16 May 2016. The Board expects to appoint Mr. Lance to the MDA Board of Directors shortly after he joins the Company.

Brett Tobey, ULA vice president of engineering, has resigned after saying the firm last year refused to bid on a GPS III launch service contract because it was hoping to avoid a “cost shootout” with SpaceX.

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) announced that it is changing its name to Telenor Satellite.