Satellite News

In its Annual General Meeting, the Board of the European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA) elected Michel de Rosen, CEO of Eutelsat, as its new Chairman of the Board.

SES announced that the company’s President and CEO Romain Bausch informed the Board of Directors that he plans to step down from his position at the next annual general meeting of shareholders in April 2014.

The French Council of Ministers has appointed Jean-Yves Le Gall President of the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES).

Intelsat S.A. announced a number of executive appointments.

Ball Corporation announced that David L. Taylor, president and CEO of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for more than a decade, will retire at the end of March after a 29-year career with the company. Succeeding Mr. Taylor will be Robert D. Strain, who currently is chief operating officer of Ball Aerospace.

Copernicus is the new name of the European Commission’s Earth Observation Programme, previously known as GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security).

Lockheed Martin announced that its board of directors asked for and received the resignation of Christopher E. Kubasik from his role as vice chairman, president and chief operating officer (COO), effective immediately.
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