News About Company Appointments 19-MAR-10 en-us Woodland Hills, CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2010 - Northrop Grumman has appointed Paul K. Russell vice president of the newly-created Space business area within the company's Navigation Systems Division, effective immediately.]]> Luxembourg (SPX) Feb 23, 2010 - Global satellite operator SES S.A. has announced the appointment of Andrew Browne as Chief Financial Officer and member of its Executive Committee, replacing current CFO Mark Rigolle who is taking up the position of Chief Executive Officer of satellite infrastructure start-up O3b Networks.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jan 20, 2010 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named William Wrobel as director of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va., and director of the center's Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects Directorate. This directorate manages the agency's sounding rockets and scientific balloon programs.]]> Guildford, UK (SPX) Nov 12, 2009 - Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has appointed Stephen Gibson Commercial Director effective 1st November with responsibility for contracts, sub-contracts, regulatory and insurance activities.]]> Hawthorne CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2009 - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces that Colonel Scott Henderson has joined the company. He will serve as the director of Mission Assurance and Integration and will also handle Florida external relations, assisting with state and local governmental, customer and media relations.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Nov 04, 2009 - Bretton Alexander, President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, has been appointed by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to the NASA Advisory Council, a federally chartered body of experts that provides advice and counsel directly to the NASA Administrator. Additionally, Alexander has been selected to chair the newly formed Commercial Space Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.]]> Bangalore, India (SPX) Nov 02, 2009 - Dr K Radhakrishnan, Member, Space Commission and Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, has assumed the office of Chairman, Space Commission, Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).]]> Bangalore, India (SPX) Oct 27, 2009 - Exuding confidence that India's space programme will soar fresh heights under new ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan, its outgoing chairman G Madhavan Nair on Monday said. His successor will be able to carry forward the agency's plans, including the most challenging manned moon mission to space.]]> Thrissur, India (PTI) Oct 26, 2009 - Newly appointed ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan today said it was a great challenge to head the country's space agency, considering the high expectations from various quarters.]]> Palo Alto CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2009 - Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that Patrick DeWitt will be appointed to the SS/L Board of Directors as its Chairman and will relinquish his duties as Chief Executive Officer at the end of the year. John Celli, the current President and Chief Operating Officer, will lead the company's day-to-day operations.]]>