Sandy Tirtey

Rocket Lab • Senior Director, Global Launch Services and Rocket Lab Australia

Dr. Sandy Tirtey is Rocket Lab’s Senior Director of Global Launch Services and Rocket Lab Australia. Prior to Joining Rocket Lab, Dr. Tirtey did his PhD thesis in Hypersonics at the von Karman Institute (Belgium) and a Post-Doc in the group for Hypersonics at The University of Queensland (UQ) where he led the technical development of the SCRAMSPACE scramjet flight experiment from 2009 to 2013. Dr. Tirtey joined Rocket Lab in 2013 as Vehicle Team Lead, where he supervised the development and construction of the Electron launch vehicle. In 2015, Dr. Tirtey took on the role of Vice President of Vehicle Systems, before becoming Rocket Lab’s Launch Conductor in 2016. In this role, Dr. Tirtey led mission operators through the successful launches of ‘It’s A Test’ and ‘Still Testing’ in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Today, Dr. Tirtey is the Senior Director of Global Launch Services and is based in Brisbane, Australia. In this role he supports small satellite operators globally to access orbit through frequent and reliable launch opportunities on the Electron launch vehicle. In February 2023, Dr Sandy Tirtey became Director of the newly created Rocket Lab Australia subsidiary.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2025

29 September - 3 October 2025

Sydney, Australia

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