{"id":1734,"date":"2018-07-18T10:19:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T14:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2026-08-06T06:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:32:22","slug":"brian-swinburne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/sdadirectors\/brian-swinburne\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Swinburne"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BrianSwinburn.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BrianSwinburn.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BrianSwinburn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BrianSwinburn-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" class=\"wp-image-1689\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>SDA Standard Member Director<\/h3>\n<p>Brian is currently the Space Surveillance and Intelligence Manager at Airbus Defence and Space responsible for all Space Situational Awareness, Flight Dynamics and Mission Planning activities for the SKYNET fleet of spacecraft which provide secure communications to UK Government and other third party government organisations around the world.\u00a0 Brian is also the Airbus Group nominated senior expert in Space Situational Awareness.\u00a0 Born in 1970, Brian graduated in Mathematics with Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics from Imperial College London in 1991 starting his career with what is now Airbus Defence and Space in 1990 on an accelerated apprenticeship scheme.\u00a0 In his career Brian has worked on a diverse number of projects across a broad number of disciplines from software design to spacecraft operations, but has always maintained his position as an authority in flight dynamics.\u00a0 Brian has also been a member of the launch teams for 13 Airbus spacecraft, often leading the flight dynamics activities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"formats":[],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sdadirectors"],"dsm_author":{"name":"Helen Weedon","avatar_url":"\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforo\/avatars\/hweedon_48.png","archive_link":"https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/author\/hweedon\/","biodata":"Radical Moves"},"dsm_categories":[{"term_name":"SDA Directors","term_id":25,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/category\/sdadirectors\/"}],"dsm_attachment_categories":[],"dsm_featured_image":null,"dsm_comment_count":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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