Luigi Broglio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luigi Broglio

Italian aerospace engineer

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1911

Place of Birth: Mestre, Venetian Province, Italy

Date of Death: 14-Jan-2001

Profession: engineer, university teacher, aerospace engineer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Luigi Broglio (11 November 1911 – 14 January 2001), 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.