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SSPI Opens Nominations for the 2025 Better Satellite World Awards

New York, NY, June 25, 2025 – Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has opened nominations for the 2025 Better Satellite World Awards. Every December at the Better Satellite World Awards Dinner in London, SSPI honours three organisations that have demonstrated the use of satellite to make a significant contribution to human welfare, good governance, safety, peace and security, improved education or other measures of human achievement.

WISeKey Appoints Rolf Gobet to its Strategic Advisory Committee

Rolf Gobet.jpegGeneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2025 – WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a cybersecurity, blockchain, and IoT company, today announced the appointment of Rolf Gobet to its Strategic Advisory Committee.

 

Swedish space executive Stefan Gustafsson joins Forsway Board of Directors

Stefan Gustafsson - bio image.pngStockholm, Sweden, June 10, 2025 – Forsway, a provider of hybrid satellite-terrestrial solutions for broadband connectivity, announces the appointment of Stefan Gustafsson to its Board of Directors. Former Chief Strategist at the Swedish Space Corporation, and formerly a top leader of the Swedish armed forces. Gustafsson brings extensive experience from numerous board roles in both the public and private sectors, along with a strong track record in developing and delivering advanced space services on the global market.

 

SES Announces Appointment of New CFO

Lisa Pataki.jpgBetzdorf, Luxembourg, June 6, 2025 – SES today announced its Board of Directors has appointed Elisabeth (Lisa) Pataki as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective 16 June 2025. Lisa is a progressive finance executive with over 20 years of experience at various publicly listed multi-national aerospace and defence companies with strong background in company transformation and investment strategies. She will succeed Sandeep Jalan who has been SES’s CFO since May 2020. 

 

Vislink Appoints William J. Bender, USAF, Lt Gen (Ret), to its Board of Directors

Bender-Bill_IMG4.jpgMt. Olive, New Jersey-June 2, 2025 - Vislink Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: VISL),today announced the appointment of William J. Bender, USAF, Lt Gen (Ret) to its Board of Directors, effective June 1, 2025.

 

 

Interviews with Key Industry Executives at the Satellite Asia 2025 in Singapore

Singapore, June 2, 2025--At the Satellite Asia show in Singapore, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with various satellite industry executuves including  Amelia Liu, Co-Founder and COO of  StarWin and Hagay Katz, Chief Product and Marketing Officer of Gilat Satellite Networks.

 

Interview with Hagay Katz, Chief Product and Marketing Officer-Gilat Satellite Networks

Singapore,  June 2, 2025--At the Satellite Asia 2025 show in Singapore, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Hagay Katz, Chief Product and Marketing Officer of Gilat Satellite Networks.  Click her to view the video.

 

Interview with Amelia Liu, Co-Founder and COO of StarWin

Singapore,  May 29, 2025--At the Satellite Asia 2025 show in Singapore., Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Amelia Liu, Co-Founder and COO of  StarWin.  Click here to view the video.

 

Interviews with Key Industry Executives at the SATExpo 2025 in Dubai, UAE

Dubai, UAE May 15, 2025--At the SATExpo show in Dubai, UAE, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with various satelltie executuves including Shmulik Koren, Co-Founder and CEO of iKO Media Group and Joakim Espeland, Co-Founder and CEO of Quadsat  

 

Interview with Joakim Espeland, CEO and Co-Founder of Quadsat

Dubai, UAE, May 15, 2025--At the SATExpo 2025 show in Dubai, UAE, Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Joakim Espeland, Co-Founder and CEO of Quadsat.  Click her to view the video.