Dan Oltrogge

Dan Oltrogge is Chief Scientist and Director of the Center for Space Safety Standards and Innovation at COMSPOC. An accomplished astrodynamicist, Dan started out at The Aerospace Corporation in 1985 he then progressed in 2003 to own 1Earth Research where he was CEO and Senior Analyst. In 2010, Dan Oltrogge became Director of the Center for Space Standards and  Innovation (CCS) and Space Data Center (SDC) Program Manager at AGI. Dan is a globally recognized expert in space debris, launch and orbital operations, collision avoidance, RF interference mitigation, space situational awareness, and space traffic coordination and management. Oltrogge holds three patents for astrodynamics and risk assessment methods associated with collision risk, probability of collision and safety of flight. Dan Oltrogge led the development of the nation’s first probability-based launch Collision avoidance (LCOLA) system in 1996, and 28 years later, that system still provides mission assurance launch flight safety.
Dan leads the Space Safety Coalition, an international organisation of satellite operators, government entities, industry representatives and other key stakeholders that actively promote responsible space safety through the adoption and development of international standards, guidelines, and practices. Established in 2019, the SSC develops and publishes a set of orbit regime-agnostic best practices for the long-term sustainability of space operations. SSC’s international guidelines directly address many aspects of the 21 consensus Long-Term Sustainability (LTS) guidelines approved by the  United Nations Committee for the Peaceful Use of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) in June 2019. Dan Oltrogge has a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical Engineering from Iowa State University and aMaster of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering and Astrodynamics from the University of Southern California.