Steve Collar feels very comfortable in his new role as head of SES. You can tell he's eager to get to work and apply his own personal touch to the business.

This year's Startup Space competition featured new business pitches from portable medical services, aquatic life / seafood management companies, launch travel booking companies... And a STEM education board game!

Spotted: Jeff Bezos taking meetings with operators, walking the halls of the conference, blending in!

Overheard: "I wonder how many people here are aware that our Secretary of State was just fired."

"I'm not even sure if the Secretary knows he's been fired"

“There are more smallsat launchers coming into the market than the industry needs right now” — GomSpace's Elizabeth Driscoll

"It's not a question of whether people will adopt mobile comms, it's a question of at what price point." — Kymeta's Nathan Kundtz

Stop by the Via Satellite booth #753 with your golden ticket to see if you are a winner!