{"id":1738,"date":"2018-07-18T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2026-08-06T06:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:32:23","slug":"lorenzo-arona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/sdadirectors\/lorenzo-arona\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorenzo Arona"},"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\/2019\/09\/picture.png\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/picture.png 750w, https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/picture-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/picture-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" class=\"wp-image-2093\" \/><\/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>Lorenzo is a Senior Manager in the Spacecraft Operations Centre of Avanti Communications, responsible for Flight Dynamics, Space Situational Awareness, and Space Traffic Management.<\/p>\n<p>When he joined the company in 2014, operations were subcontracted. Lorenzo brought them in house by setting up the Avanti Spacecraft Operation Centre and designing the operational processes and procedures in line with the industry best practises.<\/p>\n<p>In his role, Lorenzo coordinates the planning and execution of operations, provides support to spacecraft LEOP and IOT phases, and performs operational risk assessment and mitigation.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining Avanti, Lorenzo was a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer at the European Space Agency, supporting missions as Venus Express, GAIA, and Rosetta. In particular, he was instrumental in performing the Venus Express solar arrays rotation experiments to measure the atmospheric density of planet Venus.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo holds a double degree in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and Cranfield University, and a Master in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>He is a firm believer in the SDA mission to increase spacecraft safety by improving operational data sharing and coordinating operations through effective communications among spacecraft owner\/operators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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-1738","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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