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Who are the leaders helping guide the future of the space and satellite industry, and why do they choose to serve?     In this episode of the SSPI podcast, Why I Serve , we meet Andrew Faiola, Commercial Vice President at Astroscale and Chair of the SSPI Board of Directors.     Andrew reflects on more than two decades in satellite communications, beginning with a 1992 Space Shuttle mission that sp...

The Lighthouse Problem in Space   Everyone wants safer space. But who pays for it?   In Episode 4 of Are We There Yet?, Tamara Bond-Williams speaks with Dr. Joseph N. Pelton about one of the hardest problems in the Space Safety Economy: shared safety infrastructure.     Joe offers a deceptively simple analogy from maritime history, and it may be one of the clearest ways to understand the economic...

Who are the leaders helping guide the future of the space and satellite industry, and why do they choose to serve?     In this episode of the SSPI podcast, Why I Serve, we meet Stephen Hanna of Vantor and a member of both the SSPI Mid-Atlantic Chapter Board and the SSPI International Board.   Stephen shares his journey from geography and business into geospatial intelligence, satellite imagery, an...

Careers rarely follow a straight line.     In this episode of Movers…In Our Orbit, SSPI Executive Director Tamara Bond-Williams welcomes back Diana Klochkova to discuss her transition from marketing leadership to corporate strategy, her move from Privateer to Rebel Space Technologies, and the role curiosity has played throughout her career.     From economics and storytelling to startup growth and...

What happens when astronauts, spacecraft, or future lunar settlers need help and there's no communications network to call on?     In Episode 3 of Are We There Yet? , Tamara Bond-Williams speaks with Toni Spatola, Chief Commercial Officer of Filtronic , about the communications and navigation infrastructure that may enable safe operations beyond Earth orbit.     Using the Artemis II communications...

Artemis has returned human spaceflight to the Moon. Attention is now turning to what follows — how activity between Earth and the Moon develops, where opportunity begins to take shape, and how safety and operational readiness influence participation. This rebroadcast of the May edition of the New York Space Business Roundtable , brings together perspectives from industry, finance, and policy to ex...

Before livestreaming became ordinary, satellite communications transformed how humanity experienced the world. In this episode of Movers…In Our Orbit, SSPI Executive Director Tamara Bond-Williams speaks with Robert M. Patterson, founder of The SPACECONNECTION, about the rise of satellite television and the communications revolution that made live global broadcasting possible. Inspired by the Apoll...

What if aviation's real problem was never bandwidth?     When airlines deploy new connectivity systems, installations can take years across an operational fleet. But satellite connectivity ecosystems are now evolving far faster than traditional aviation deployment cycles.     In this episode of SSPI's From Connectivity to Intelligence series, Mike Moeller, SVP of Aviation at Quvia , discusses what...

In this episode of The SSPI Podcast, part of the Space & Satellite Futures track, Tamara Bond-Williams welcomes XTAR back to the SSPI community in a conversation with Pat Rayermann, Chief Executive Officer of XTAR.     Pat shares how XTAR became a pioneer in commercial military X-band satellite communications, serving government and military customers in a segment where reliability, trust and miss...

How is satellite data evolving from passive observation into real-time decision-making? In this episode,  BlackSky : How Is  BlackSky  Turning Space Data  Into  Real-Time  Decisions? ,  we welcome new SSPI member  BlackSky  and explore how speed is redefining the value of space-based intelligence.    Joined by  Katelyn Fobes , the conversation unpacks how  BlackSky  combines high-frequency satelli...

Who are the  leaders helping  guide the future of the space and satellite industry, and why do they choose to serve?   In this episode of the SSPI podcast,  Why I Serve , we meet Daniel Gizinski of Comtech and a member of the SSPI Board of Directors.   Daniel shares his journey from engineering to executive leadership and reflects on how companies like Comtech contribute to connectivity, resilienc...

Does a true Space Safety Economy already exist, or is it still  emerging ?    In Episode 1 of  Are We There  Yet? ,  Tamara Bond-Williams interviews Rob  Scheige  of WTW about space insurance, satellite insurance, orbital debris, space risk management, satellite servicing, and the economics of safer operations in orbit.    They discuss why hardware failure  remains  a larger insurance concern than...

Ryan Stevenson is the Chief Scientist and a founding member of Kymeta, where he led one of the most consequential breakthroughs in satellite antenna technology: the world's first simultaneous connection to both Ku and Ka frequency bands in a single, compact metamaterial surface. It is the kind of achievement that looks inevitable in hindsight and was anything but in practice. In this episode of Or...

Space law pioneer Randy Segal, 2026 Space and Satellite Hall of Fame inductee and partner and space practice co-leader at Hogan Lovells, joins the 2025 20 Under 35 cohort for a wide-ranging conversation about what it takes to build legal and regulatory frameworks for an industry that moves faster than the law. From commercial space stations to sovereign government deals to mega-constellation licen...

In this episode, Candace Johnson , co-founder of SES, pioneer of direct-to-home broadcasting, and partner at Seraphim Space, is Orbited as she fields questions from SSPI's 2025 20 Under 35 cohort . One of the most consequential figures in commercial space history, Johnson launched her career at 30 with a letter from the Prime Minister of Luxembourg and a conviction that private satellite communica...

Orbited brings together the 2025 20 Under 35 cohort and the Space & Satellite Hall of Fame Class of 2026, where one industry legend takes the center and the next generation rotates through with questions designed to draw insight from experience. The clock is running. The buzzer is real. And every participant gets their moment in the orbit. In this debut session, Steve Hart, whose work over four de...

In this episode of the SSPI Space and Satellite Futures podcast, Executive Director Tamara Bond-Williams sits down with Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, Co-CEO of Tototheo Global, to explore how a 40-year maritime heritage is shaping the future of satellite communications. Despina breaks down how Tototheo helps organizations across maritime, enterprise, and government sectors turn connectivity into...

Part of the Better Satellite World podcast, From Connectivity to Intelligence is a new quarterly series underwritten by Quvia, exploring how AI and satellite connectivity are changing what's possible in the world's most demanding operating environments. In the debut episode, SSPI Executive Director Tamara Bond-Williams speaks with Quvia Founder and CEO Benny Retnamony about what happens when conne...

Happy International Women's Day! Celebrate by tuning into this SSPI-WISE Presents podcast, based on the conversation conducted at the SSPI-WISE meeting on February 24. WISE speaks with special guest,  Nicole Stott , former Astronaut. Nicole Stott is a veteran NASA astronaut, aquanaut, engineer, artist, and author of  Back to Earth . With 104 days in space, including service on the International Sp...

How do you keep a remote school connected — not just on day one, but for years? In this episode of Signal to Soar , Vaibhav Magow , Vice President of the International Division at Hughes, explains what it really takes to make rural school connectivity reliable and scalable. From satellite backhaul enabling 4G and 5G expansion, to the role of the Jupiter System and hybrid GEO/LEO networks, this con...

In this rebroadcast of the December edition of the  New York Space Business Roundtable,  the conversation is taken to the next level by grounding it in a shared, evidence-based understanding of the current state of space and satellite activity in New York State. This session features  Empire Space , whose research, census work, and ecosystem mapping anchor the discussion.  We will also have two sp...

In this SSPI-WISE Presents podcast, based on the panel conducted at the SSPI-WISE meeting on January 22, WISE navigates the fast-evolving frontier of space. Tune in to hear leading experts as they decode the regulatory and policy shifts shaping the future of satellites and orbital operations. Speakers Include: Dr Alice Bunn OBE , International Director, UK Space Agency Karen Cox , Chief Corporate...

In this Better Satellite World Awards Roundtable, SSPI's Tamara Bond-Williams is joined by leaders from Astroscale , INTEGRASYS , and River Advisers for a candid conversation about how space and satellite systems shape everyday life on Earth. The discussion goes beyond technology to explore responsibility, resilience, and long-term stewardship. From orbital sustainability and interference protecti...

In this New Member Spotlight episode of the SSPI Podcast, Tamara Bond-Williams welcomes INTEGRASYS and CEO Álvaro Sánchez in a conversation about growth, engagement, and shared purpose within the space and satellite industry. Álvaro discusses how INTEGRASYS approaches satellite operations through software-defined capability, explaining why interference mitigation, spectrum awareness, and operation...

In this New Member Spotlight episode of The SSPI Podcast, we welcome GOMspace to the SSPI community and get to know the company behind the name. Tamara Bond-Williams speaks with Slava Frayter , CEO of GOMspace North America , about how GOMspace is helping North American customers turn satellites into mission capability. The conversation explores the company's approach to bespoke small satellite so...