The IET Satellite Communication Systems Course
15 - 20 September 2013 | Milton Hill House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK
Programme
Day one - Sunday 15 September |
| 15:30 | Registration |
| 16:00 | Refreshments |
| 16:30 | Session 1 - Principles and background of satellite comms |
| 17:45 | Session 2 - Satcom applications |
| 19:00 | Buffet supper |
| 20:00 | Session 3 - Link engineering primer |
Day two - Monday 16 September |
| 08:45 | Session 4 - Satellite systems planning – power link budgets |
| 10:45 | Refreshments |
| 11:00 | Session 5 - Modulation and coding for satcoms |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Session 6 - QoS design using link budgets |
| 15:45 | Refreshments |
| 16:10 | Project breakout and meet project partners |
| 16:15 | Project briefings / workshops |
| 18:30 | Dinner |
| 19:30 | Session 7 - (optional) Datacoms primer |
Day three - Tuesday 17 September |
| 08:45 | Session 8 - Propagation |
| 10:30 | Refreshments |
| 10:45 | Session 9 - Satellite access techniques |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Session 10 - Satellite video broadcasting |
| 15:30 | Refreshments |
| 15:45 | Session 11 - TCP/IP via satellite |
| 17:15 | Tutorials / project work |
| 18:30 | Dinner |
| 19:30 | Evening project work |
Day four - Wednesday 18 September |
| 08:45 | Session 12 - Spacecraft engineering and operations |
| 10:45 | Refreshments |
| 11:00 | Session 13 - Antennas |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Session 14a - Payload engineering | Session 14b - Satellite newsgathering |
| 15:45 | Refreshments |
| 16:00 | Session 15 - Earth station engineering |
| 18:30 | Dinner |
| 19:30 | Session 16 - Inmarsat 4, BGAN, GX and Ka band services |
Day five - Thursday 19 September |
| 08:45 | Session 17 - Military satellite communications |
| 10:20 | Refreshments |
| 10:35 | Session 18 - Commercial aspects of satcoms |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Session 19a - Satellite regulation and Ka-band | Session 19b - Practical link demonstration |
| 15:30 | Refreshments |
| 15:45 | Session 20a - Satellite navigation services | Session 20b - Milsatcom link design |
| 17:15 | Project work (finish projects) |
| 19:30 | Drinks reception |
| 20:00 | Course dinner |
Day six - Friday 20 September |
| 09:30 | Transport to Satellite Applications Catapult Centre |
| Project presentations |
| 11:00 | Refreshments |
| 11:15 | Session 21 - Mobile satellite services and the future |
| 12:45 | Presentation of awards |
| 12:55 | Formal close and lunch |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | (Optional) Tour of Satellite Applications Catapult Centre and hands-on work with terminal equipment |
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