Eutelsat replaces CEO Eva Berneke with Orange France veteran; financing $4.75B in OneWeb/Iris2 cost is urgent priority

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — In a long-rumored decision, satellite fleet operator Eutelsat on May 5 said CEO Eva Berneke was leaving the company after after 53 months on the job and that former Orange France Chief Executive Jean-François Fallacher would replace her as of June 1.

The move comes as Paris-based Eutelsat faces a near-term financial challenge of financing both an extension of its first-generation OneWeb LEO broadband constellation and the start of OneWeb Gen 2, which is being built as part of the . . .

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