Rodrigo da Costa (engineer)

Rodrigo da Costa is a Portuguese aerospace engineer. Since 16 October 2020, da Costa serves as the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA).[1][2][3] He previously served as Galileo Exploitation Programme Manager at the former European GNSS Agency (GSA), predecessor of EUSPA.[4]

Rodrigo da Costa
Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA)
Assumed office
16 October 2020
Preceded byCarlo des Dorides
Personal details
NationalityPortuguese
Alma materInstituto Superior Técnico
OccupationAerospace engineer, manager
Websitewww.euspa.europa.eu/about/about-euspa/governance#Executive_director

Education and career

Rodrigo da Costa studied aerospace engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.[5] He received a master's degree in aerospace engineering from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from the EuroMBA consortium of Business Schools.[6]

References
  1. "Governance". www.euspa.europa.eu. 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  2. "Europes's GSA becomes EUSPA for stronger space role". GPS World. 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  3. "Rodrigo da Costa Is New Executive Director of the European GNSS Agency - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency". www.novinite.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  4. "EUSPA". european-union.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  5. "Rodrigo da Costa, o português que comanda o programa espacial da União Europeia". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  6. Kriening, Torsten (2022-04-14). "Register Today For Our Space Café WebTalk – "33 minutes with Rodrigo Da Costa" on 26 April 2022". SpaceWatch.Global. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
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