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EchoStar reports Jupiter-3 delay and nanosatellite failures

EchoStar Corp. announced another delay in the launch of its Jupiter-3 communications satellite and the failure of two nanosatellites to reach their intended orbits, during a Feb. 23 quarterly earnings call.  
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                              This article was updated Feb. 24 at 12:30 pm Eastern time to say the nanosatellites launched on separate rideshare flights.
SAN FRANCISCO – EchoStar Corp. announced another delay in the launch of its Jupiter-3 communications satellite and the failure of two nanosatellites to reach their intended orbits, during a Feb. 23 quarterly earnings call.
EchoStar executives said they were eager to launch the Jupiter-3 satellite being built by Maxar Technologies to bolster Ka-band capacity in North and South America. However, the Jupiter-3 launch has now slipped to the second half of 2022 “due in part to the COVID-19 restrictions that every company is facing and in part to product...

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Inmarsat hires Nokia executive as new CEO

Satellite operator Inmarsat has hired the former president and chief executive of Nokia as its new chief executive, succeeding Rupert Pearce.
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                              WASHINGTON — Satellite operator Inmarsat has hired the former president and chief executive of Nokia as its new chief executive, succeeding Rupert Pearce.
Inmarsat announced Feb. 24 it is hiring Rajeev Suri as its new chief executive, effective March 1. Suri will also take a seat on the board of Inmarsat’s parent company, Connect Bidco Ltd. Pearce, who has been chief executive of the company since January 2012, will step down from the post Feb. 28.
Suri served as president and chief executive of Nokia from April 2014 to August 2020. During that time Nokia shifted focus from mobile phones to broader telecommunications infrastructure such as 5G networks, as well as software. Since leaving Nokia he has served as an adviser for private equity firms Warburg P...