NASA has awarded contracts to SpaceLink and the U.S. arm of Kongsberg Satellite Services to conduct studies aimed at exploring industry capabilities to provide commercial direct-to-Earth and lunar space relay communications and navigation services in support of Artemis lunar exploration missions. The space agency said Wednesday it awarded SpaceLink ...
ExecutiveBiz featured Jim Schwenke, vice president of business development at SpaceLink, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He tackled the company’s data relay system, medium Earth orbit and hybrid architecture capabilities and talked about its new headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. Schwenke also discussed his mi...
Phil Robinson, a three-decade veteran of the aerospace and defense sector, has been named vice president and chief security officer at McLean, Virginia-based satellite relay system developer SpaceLink. He will oversee the company’s strategic and tactical security functions and brings to his new position years of technology, operations and data...
Robert Conrad, a space industry executive, has been elevated to president of Kepler Communications US, a subsidiary of Kepler Communications. The Wilmington, Delaware-based company said Tuesday Conrad’s promotion came after serving as vice president of business development for almost two years. He will now oversee the expansion...
Skot Butler, vice president of satellite networks and space services at Intelsat General — a U.S. subsidiary of the Luxembourg-based satellite services provider — has been promoted to president. His promotion is effective April 4 and he will succeed Kay Sears, who is leaving the company after a 10-year care...
