Satcoms technical training course 2026
1 October 2026
IET London: Savoy Place, London, United Kingdom
A live virtual technical training course from the IET giving a grounding in satellite communications technology and applications, aimed at early-career professionals, graduate students and anyone wanting a refresher. It runs over six days in six modules, from satcom essentials and link engineering to access and networks, antennas and spacecraft engineering, regulation and spectrum, and workshop exercises, and carries 42 CPD hours.
27 sessions · 16 speakers
Organiser (1)
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Speakers (16)
- Tim Tozer University of York
- Gorry Fairhurst Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Aberdeen
- Kevin Shaw NAD Group, MOD
- Barry Evans Professor - Information Systems Engineering, University of Surrey
- Dr. Paul Iliffe Space Education Specialist
- Spyridon Grammenos Senior Payload Systems Engineer, Viasat
- Tim Waterfield Industry Expert Antennas and Satellites
- Alister Burr Professor of Communications, University of York
- Daryl Jones Head of Advanced Payload Systems, Airbus Defence and Space
- David Jowsey Media & Broadcast, BT Business
- Dr Richard Rudd Director, Plum Consulting
- Farbod Kayhan 5G/6G NTN Technical Lead, Amphinicy Technologies
- Mark Posen Managing Director, RPC Telecommunications Ltd
- Max Petrozzi Ilstad ESA
- Paul Febvre Professor and Director of Cranfield Centre for Resilient Space Systems, Communications and PNT, Cranfield University
- Pip Halpin Senior Space Scientist, DSTL
Agenda
- Session 1: Chairman’s welcome / Principles and background of satellite communications 12 October 2026
- Session 2: Commercial aspects of satcoms 12 October 2026
- Session 3: Milsatcoms 12 October 2026
- The Satcoms Game on creating your Satcom organisation: Part 1 12 October 2026
- Session 5: Link budget primer 13 October 2026
- Session 6: Modulation and coding 13 October 2026
- Session 7: Satellite system planning - power link budgets 13 October 2026
- Session 8: QoS design using link budgets 13 October 2026
- The Satcoms Game on creating your Satcom organisation: Part 2 13 October 2026
- Session 10: Satellite access techniques 14 October 2026
- Session 11: Passive antennas 14 October 2026
- Session 12: Active antennas 14 October 2026
- Session 13: Air Interface Design Challenges for Low Earth Orbit satellite communication systems 14 October 2026
- Session 14: Spacecraft engineering and testing 19 October 2026
- Session 15: NGSO systems 19 October 2026
- Session 16: Satcom on the move (SOTM) 19 October 2026
- Session 17: Propagation 19 October 2026
- Session 18: Space Environment 19 October 2026
- Session 19: Satcoms regulations and spectrum management 20 October 2026
- Session 20: Payload engineering 20 October 2026
- Session 21: TCP/IP and satellite 20 October 2026
- Session 22: Earth station RF engineering 20 October 2026
- Session 23: Satcoms project briefing and questions 20 October 2026
- Project: Earth station design 21 October 2026
- Project 21 October 2026
- Project presentations 21 October 2026
- Emerging Technologies – Satellite-5G Future Vision 21 October 2026