Christopher Rabotin
Lead Flight Dynamics and Manager @Rocket Lab
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WORK HISTORY
Lead Flight Dynamics and Manager @Rocket Lab
Littleton, CO, US
I lead and manage the US flight dynamics team for Rocket Lab USA out of our Littleton Colorado office. We work on Earth, Lunar, and Interplanetary missions from mission design concept to maneuver planning and orbit determination operations. We notably landed Firefly\'s Blue Ghost lunar lander on the Moon on 02 March 2025: the first fully successful American lunar mission in two generation (since Apollo 17).
EDUCATION
University of Colorado Boulder
Master of Science (M.S.), Astrodynamics
ESIEE PARIS
Master's degree (Cum Laude), Electrical and Computer Science Engineering, focused on telecommunications.
Seattle University
Electrical and Computer Science Engineering
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
Licence en Sciences de la Matière, Physics, Electronics
SKILLS
ABOUT CHRISTOPHER RABOTIN
Experienced in space engineering and space operations; MSc. ESIEE Paris, MSc. Candidate CU Boulder; High engineering skills, extensive programming experience; Swift learner, innovative, and proficient technical writer; Good team working skills; Proactive, dedicated and rigorous; Bi-cultural; lived in five countries; US and French citizenships (ITAR compliant)Notable work includes- Lead payload on the CAPSTONE mission, which will demonstrate the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS)- CAPS flight software architect and engineer, and orbit determination validation architect and software engineer- Astrodynamics engineer for an orbit raising problem on a constellation- Flight software architect and engineer for a Formation Flying program- Implemented spacecraft bus procedures for SES-8 and payload procedures for SES-5- Proposed specifications for 4G/LTE PMR self-organized networks- Inventor of two patents in Q2 2011Passions include- Space engineering and exploration- Astrodynamics- Astronomy
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