A Team of Special People – Dan Hart
Dan Hart
Over the course of his career, Daniel M. (Dan) Hart (Advisor) has served in leadership roles across a wide range of aerospace programs, spanning human spaceflight, satellite development, space launch, and missile defense. He’s led organizations through all phases of the aerospace product life cycle, from research and development to design, production, and space operations.
Dan is an advisor to executive teams and investors across the space, energy, and technology sectors and is active in wildfire intelligence.
Hart served as chief executive officer of Virgin Orbit, Richard Branson’s pioneering commercial space firm. He led the development and operation of a new space launch method: launching small satellites into space from a rocket carried under the wing of a modified Boeing 747.
Prior to Virgin Orbit, Dan served as vice president of government satellite systems at the Boeing Company. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022.
