Guennadi Kroupnik

Canadian Space Agency (CSA) • Director General, Space Utilization

Mr. Kroupnik has over 30 years of engineering, functional, program, and executive management experience in the space sector. He provided leadership and made a significant contribution to the success of R&D activities, development, launch and operations of complex space missions from highly innovative small- and microsatellites to the large-scale constellations in Earth Observation, Space Situational Awareness, and Satellite Communications domains. In close collaboration with other Canadian government departments, international partners, and industrial teams Mr. Kroupnik has been leading development, deployment, and operations of the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM) – the flagship Earth Observation mission of the Canadian Space Program, and the Earth Observation Service Continuity initiative, currently re-branded as the Radarsat Plus, a follow-on to RCM.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2025

29 September - 3 October 2025

Sydney, Australia

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