(New York City, June 9, 2019) – Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today opened nominations for the 2019 Better Satellite World Awards. The winners will be honored at the Better Satellite World Awards Dinner on December 2 in London. Nominations are due by September 30, 2019.

Every year, during the Better Satellite World Awards Dinner,  SSPI honors three organizations or individuals who have demonstrated the use of satellite to make a significant contribution to human welfare, good governance, safety, peace and security, improved education or other measures of human achievement. The Better Satellite World Awards are produced by SSPI and its UK and Isle of Man Chapters. Click here to learn more about the awards and past winners.

“This is a program and an event that the entire industry has embraced since its start in London. It is remarkable to see how much activity for the common good is taking place through innovation on the ground and the use of space and satellites as a tool for overcoming many of our hardest challenges,” said Lou Zacharilla, SSPI’s Director of Innovation.

Nomination forms are available on SSPI’s website.

About SSPI
Founded in 1983, Space & Satellite Professionals International (www.sspi.org) is on a mission to make the space and satellite industry one of the world’s best at attracting and engaging the talent that powers innovation. With more than 3,700 members in 40 nations, it is the largest space and satellite industry association in the world. It delivers on its mission through programs that promote space and satellite as the invisible but indispensable infrastructure of the modern world, and that help turn individual promise into careers filled with purpose through research, career education for young people, management education for working professionals and talent recognition that spans the industry.
 

For More Information
Victora Krisman
Communications Manager
Space & Satellite Professionals International
vkrisman@sspi.org