Broglio, Luigi

Italian engineer. Leading Italian space engineer. Chairman of the Italian National Committee on Space Research. Conceived and directed the San Marco orbital launch platform off the coast of Kenya, 1964-1988.

Luigi Broglio was chairman of the Italian National Committee on Space Research. He was also a professor at the Aeronautical Engineering School of the University of Rome ''La Sapienza''. He conceived and directed the San Marco Project, a cooperative space initiative between Italy and the U.S. The Italian San Marco space launch facility in Africa was also completed under his direction.