Microspace Communications, a  satellite services provider owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, has appointed Cyrus Wilson as  Vice President and General Manager. Wilson brings more than 20 years of experience in satellite communications, operations and customer management, and defense business management.

In this role with Microspace, he will be responsible for all functions of the business, including sales, marketing, engineering, finance and administration. The appointment is effective May 17.

Microspace Communications, a  satellite services provider owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, has appointed Cyrus Wilson as  Vice President and General Manager. Wilson brings more than 20 years of experience in satellite communications, operations and customer management, and defense business management.

In this role with Microspace, he will be responsible for all functions of the business, including sales, marketing, engineering, finance and administration. The appointment is effective May 17.

SpaceLink, a company that is building an information superhighway for the space economy, today announced that it added three top space industry executives to its team. They bring deep expertise in finance, program management, and the U.S. government intelligence community, to drive forward the relay service that provides secure, continuous, high-capacity communications between LEO spacecraft and the ground.

Steve Shelby announced his retirement effective April 27, 2021, after 17 years as VP of Sales and Marketing at Cross Technologies, Inc. "Steve has always done an excellent job providing quotations and technical support to customers world-wide over his 17-year career at Cross, and sales increased substantially as a result of his sales and marketing efforts," said a company statement. 

At its cabinet meeting on Wednesday 14 April, the French government appointed Philippe Baptiste as President of the French space agency, Centre National d'ètudes Spaciales (CNES).

Sheppard Mullin announced that Steve Chernow has joined its Telecom team as Special Counsel, based in their Washington, D.C. office. Chernow joins Sheppard Mullin following a distinguished career serving in senior roles for satellite communications companies, including as General Counsel at OneWeb and Deputy General Counsel at Intelsat.

Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), today announced the appointment of Former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Chief and former Oklahoma Congressman James "Jim" Bridenstine to its Board of Directors. Bridenstine will serve as a Class II director, with an initial term expiring at the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. With the appointment of Bridenstine, the Board now consists of eight members, six of whom are independent directors.

At the Satellite 2023 show in Washington, D.C., Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Chris Carella, Chief Commercial Officer of small satellite manufacturer Benchmark Systems.

Inmarsat announced the appointments of Barry French as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) and Jat Brainch as Chief Commercial and Product Officer (CCPO).

To explain the features and benefits of ST Engineering iDirect's newly-launched Mx-DMA Multi-Resolution Coding (MRC technology, Satellite Executive Briefing spoke with Bart Van Poucke, Vice-President of Product Management, ST Engineering iDirect.  Excerpts of the interview follows: