Luigi Broglio
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1911 – 2001
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Who was Luigi Broglio?
Luigi Broglio, was an Italian aerospace engineer, airforce lieutenant colonel and dean of the school of aeronautical engineering at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Known as "the Italian von Braun", he is best known as the architect of the San Marco programme which led Italy to be the third country in the world to build and operate its own satellite.
The facility he conceived, originally the San Marco Equatorial Range, is now named in his honour as well as the asteroid 18542 Broglio.
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1911
Italy - Also known as
- Брольо, Луиджи
- Died
- Jan 14, 2001
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on July 23, 2013
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