Daniel Oltrogge is a Senior Research Astrodynamicist with
AGI's Center for Space Standards and Innovation (CSSI) and the CEO of 1Earth
Research. At CSSI, Dan is the Mission Assurance Manager at the
Space Data Center, providing space situational awareness and analysis support
to commercial space operators. Dan is also Lead Systems Engineer with
SkySentry, performing a wide variety of airship, UAV, and satellite analyses
and mission trades. Previously, Dan was a Senior Project Engineer with The
Aerospace Corporation, supporting DoD, civil, national and commercial
customers. Dan has authored over 40 technical papers, the consensus
international standard on estimating orbit lifetime, and two book chapters
("Small Satellite Mission Design and Operations" in Small Satellites: Past,
Present and Future, and "Collision Avoidance and Radio Frequency Interference"
in Space Systems Modeling and Simulation). Dan’s specialties include launch
and early orbit operations, nanosatellites, international space operations
standards development, space situational awareness, and astrodynamics software
development and analysis.