Daniel Kroboth Vice President, LEO Satellite Operations Eutelsat Group
Daniel Kroboth is the Vice President of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Operations for Eutelsat Group. His team is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of the Eutelsat-OneWeb’s Fleet Management Segment, including the Satellite Operations Center (SOC) hardware and software, and the Telemetry, Tracking, and Control (TT&C) Earth Stations. His organization is responsible for the control and monitoring of Eutelsat-OneWeb’s more than 650 operational spacecraft that provide worldwide broadband communication. He has spent over 25 years in the aerospace industry at various large heritage aerospace companies and tiny start-ups and participated in the development and operation of multiple technology demonstrator spacecraft from requirements definition, design, and manufacturing through integration and test, launch, and on-orbit operations. Mr. Kroboth joined OneWeb nine year ago to support the transition from a start-up of less than 40 people to today’s operational constellation. During this time, he has supported the design, development, manufacture, launch, and operation of the OneWeb system. Mr. Kroboth’s specialties include systems engineering, spacecraft flight software, spacecraft avionics, spacecraft automation, spacecraft ground systems, and on-orbit anomaly support. Mr. Kroboth has a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.