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Satellite operations involve coordinated handoffs across ground stations, launch windows, and payload management. Talk with operations leaders about where their teams actually get stuck—whether it's scheduling conflicts between teams, unexpected equipment failures that cascade, or resource limits that force difficult choices about which tasks proceed first.

10 professionals9 companiesData retrieved September 28, 2026

Professionals to explore

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  1. Ahsen Abbasi

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Executive Director of Mission Operations · Iridium

    Experience leading mission operations teams responsible for mission planning, flight dynamics, fleet management, and ground antenna control software for a satellite constellation.

  2. Andrea Cardellicchio

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Vice President Operations - Satellite Systems and Operations Line of Business · Telespazio

    Experience in operational management of satellite communication systems, including preparation and execution of space mission operations and flight dynamics.

  3. Aries Broadnax

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Satellite Operations Director · Globalstar

    Experience directing successful operation of satellite operations control centers at a satellite communications company.

  4. Brian Whittington

    LinkedIn

    Experience: NOC Supervisor · Viasat

    Experience supervising a 24/7 network operations team monitoring satellite communications network performance and resolving RF and hardware faults.

  5. Chris Jones

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Vice President Operations · Iridium Satellite LLC

    Experience overseeing 24/7 satellite constellation operations including satellite command, control, monitoring, flight dynamics, and mission planning support teams.

  6. Eirini Dimitroula

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director, Network Operations Evolution · Inmarsat

    Experience directing network operations evolution at a satellite communications operator, following prior roles in NOC operations and support engineering at the same company.

  7. Ian Reekie

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Senior Engineer, Ground Station Support · SES Americom

    Experience maintaining satellite ground systems including antennas, servers, and software, and diagnosing RF and signal processing issues at a satellite operator.

  8. Juan Aurelio

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Head of Operations · Arsat S.A.

    Experience serving as Spacecraft Operations Manager responsible for critical satellite mission operations, anomaly investigation, and long-term operations planning.

  9. Nicholas Ting

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director Satellite Operations · Singtel

    Experience directing satellite operations including satellite control, RF and antenna systems, and flight dynamics at a telecommunications company.

  10. Travis Bennett

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Sr. Director, Ground Engineering & Operations · Globalstar

    Experience leading ground engineering and gateway operations for a satellite communications program, including gateway and satellite operations management.

Choose the right perspective

Look for candidates who describe specific moments when work slowed down and what they did about it. Ask them to walk through a real situation where one team's output became another team's bottleneck, or where they had to decide which satellite or ground station got priority. Avoid general answers about process improvements; focus on decisions they made under actual constraints.

Questions to take into the conversation

  1. 01Tell me about a time when a handoff between teams caused a delay. What was actually blocking the work, and how did you resolve it?
  2. 02Describe a situation where you ran out of capacity—whether it was ground station time, staff, or equipment. How did you decide what got done and what got postponed?
  3. 03Walk me through an exception or failure that disrupted your daily operations. What did you learn about where your system was fragile?

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