Joe Chan is Director of Flight Dynamics at Intelsat. He oversees the FDS operation and engineering of more than 70 geostationary satellites that Intelsat currently operates. He has been with Intelsat for 24 years. Prior to joining Intelsat he worked at...
On 15th November, a non-functional Russian satellite was destroyed by a direct-ascent anti-satellite mission. This has resulted in the generation of over fifteen hundred trackable objects so far, which will very significantly increase the risk of future collisions and...
SDC Operations Manager, ComSpOC Bob Hall is the Manager of SDC Operations for COMSPOC since July 2021. From 2014 – 2021 Bob was the Director of Operations for COMSPOC. In that role he oversaw day-to-day operations, from sensor management to data processing and...
Ballasalla, Isle of Man, 9th November 2021 – ABS is the latest global satellite operator to join the Space Data Association (SDA), an international non-profit association of satellite operators. Formed in 2009, the SDA ensures a controlled, reliable and...
SDA Standard Member Director, Erika Rossetto of Embratel, recently talked about space safety at the Latin American Satellite Conference. Here she outlines why it is important and what challenges remain. Since the beginning of commercial satellite operations, the...
