Satellite News

Eutelsat Communications announced that Satmex, a significant provider of Fixed Satellites Services in the Americas, which joined the Group in January this year, has been renamed Eutelsat Americas.

Sea Launch AG announced the resignation of its President, Kjell Karlsen effective 28 February 2014, to pursue other opportunities outside space industry.

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The entry, descent and landing demonstrator module that will fly on the 2016 ExoMars mission has been named ‘Schiaparelli’ in honour of the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, who famously mapped the Red Planet’s surface features in the 19th century.

RapidEye has officially changed its name to BlackBridge. This change is the result of a two-year process of uniting all BlackBridge owned companies as one presence in the marketplace.

Russian deputy defence minister Oleg Ostapenko was named to replace Vladimir Popovkin as the head of the federal space agency Roskosmos.

At its meeting of 16 September, the Board of Eutelsat Communications was informed by its Chairman, Jean-Martin Folz, that he would not seek to renew his mandate, which expires at the General Assembly of Shareholders of 7 November 2013, in order to respect corporate governance recommendations on multiple directorships by the Afep-Medef. To enable the Board to immediately appoint a successor and to avoid uncertainty during a period of transition, Jean-Martin Folz has resigned as Chairman. He will remain a Board member until the General Assembly.

International Launch Services (ILS) has appointed Kirk Pysher as vice president of mission assurance and product development.