Diego Escobar holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering and more than 17 years of international experience in the space market within GMV. During this time, he has always been involved in projects in the field of orbital mechanics, with particular emphasis on navigation systems (GNSS), precise orbit determination (POD) and space surveillance (SST). As such, he currently heads the division responsible for SST&STM programs in Spain within the Space Surveillance and Traffic Management Business Unit. He has played a leading role in the development of GMV's numerous SST activities, including its leading presence in the Spanish SST program and in various contracts within ESA's Space Safety program and EU Support Framework. Last, but not least, he is an internationally recognized expert in orbit determination and correlation techniques for object cataloguing purposes.