Satcom veteran Don Brown joins Telesat as government services GM

OTTAWA – Telesat has named satellite industry expert Don Brown as its general manager of government services.Based in the company’s Washington, DC office, Brown (pictured) will create and execute Telesat’s business strategy in global government markets for its geostationary fleet, specifically the company’s high throughput satellite Telstar Vantage series and its low earth orbit satellite constellation, now in development.In 2016, Via Satellite magazine named the Australian Defence Force Hosted Payload program, conceived and led by Brown, as one of the “30 Key Satellite Industry Events of the Last 30 Years”. Brown also won the first ‘Joint Capability Technology Demonstration’ award...