Lorenzo Arona

Lorenzo Arona is the founder of Safe Heavens, a boutique consultancy that helps organisations build spacecraft operations capability.

He has two decades of experience in space operations, safety, and traffic coordination. At the European Space Operations Centre, he performed flight dynamics operations for ESA’s interplanetary missions, including Rosetta and Venus Express. He then joined Avanti Communications, where he managed GEO missions delivering bandwidth and BIU services.

Throughout his career, Lorenzo has advised industry bodies and international initiatives on space safety and sustainability. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Space Data Association, the Board of Advisors of the Earth & Space Sustainability Initiative, and the Sustainability Taskforce of the Global Satellite Operators Association. He is also a BSI delegate to ISO and a UKSA delegate to ECSS.

On behalf of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, he currently manages the Satellite Operator Contact Hub (SOCH), an online platform facilitating communication among satellite operators.