Satellite News

Michel de Rosen, Chief Executive Officer of Eutelsat Communications announced the appointment of Yohann Leroy as Director of Strategy.

Satlynx is soon to become GE – Satcom. Along with the name change, the company will have a dynamic new corporate identity and website to match, Satlynx said.
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SES S.A. announced the appointment of Andrew Browne as Chief Financial Officer and member of its Executive Committee, replacing current CFO Mark Rigolle who is taking up the position of Chief Executive Officer of satellite infrastructure start-up O3b Networks.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has appointed Linnie Haynesworth vice president and deputy programme director for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a nickname campaign for the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite (QZS-1) between 16 October and 16 December 2009, to familiarise people with the navigation satellite.
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ViaSat Inc. has named senior vice president Tom Moore as president of its newly acquired WildBlue subsidiary. Mr. Moore was a co-founder of WildBlue in 1998 and served as president and CEO until 2005, continuing as a director of the company until 2008.

ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited announced that Benjamin G. Wolff as been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company effective immediately, and Chief Executive Officer effective 31 December 2009.
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DirecTV has named Michael White as its new President and CEO.
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