LeoStella, a 50-50 joint venture between Thales Alenia Space, a French-Italian aerospace company, and BlackSky ( NYSE: BKSY ) has appointed aerospace and technology industry leader Tim Kienberger to succeed Mike Hettich as CEO.
Hettich has retired from LeoStella after leading the company since 2019.
Kienberger joins LeoStella with three decades of aerospace and defense technology experience, leading market strategy, operations management, program execution and business growth in small spacecraft emerging markets at companies including Boeing and L3Harris.
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LeoStella,a Thales Alenia Space and BlackSky JV gets new CEO