All times are in BST which is UT+1.
A PDF of the AMSAT-UK Colloquium presentation schedule can be downloaded here.
The version in Excel format is available here.
Access to the Colloquium is via the hotel side entrance by the GB4FUN communications module.
Friday 14 Sept | ||||
Beginners Session | 15:30-17:30 | David Johnson / Carlos Eavis | We are grateful to the RSGB / RCF for providing the use of GB4FUN during the weekend | |
SSTL Kepler Building Visit | 17:00-18:00 | SSTL Mini Bus or cars | ||
Social Event | 19:00… | Dinner at Hotel | ||
Saturday 15 Sept | ||||
Registration | 09:00-10:15 | |||
SSTL Kepler Building Visit | 09:00-10:00 | SSTL Mini Bus or cars | ||
Colloqium Opens | 10:15 | |||
10:15-10:30 | Welcome | Carlos Eavis G0AKI | ||
Session One | Chairman: G4DPZ | |||
10:30-11:10 | SSTL/SSC Update |
Phil Davies BSc, MBCS, FRAeS, CEng
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11:10-11:50 | FUNcube Dongle PRO-PLUS product launch | Howard Long G6LVB | ||
11:50-12:30 | STRaND-1 – Behind the scenes for launch | Dr Chris Bridges Lecturer in On-Board Data Handling at SSC, UOS | ||
Lunch | 12:30-13:10 | |||
Session Two | Chairman: G3VZV | |||
13:10-13:50 | AMSAT-DL Presentation | Peter Guelzow DB2OS | ||
13:50-14:30 | An amateur study about Xband satellite availability |
Pierluigi Poggi IW4BLG | ||
14:30-15:10 | ISTNanosat-1 | João André H. Ferreira. AMSAT-CT – IST/TULisbon consortium | ||
Tea | 15:10-15:30 | Tea | ||
Session Three | Chairman: G3WGM | |||
15:30-16:10 | AMSAT-SA Presentation | Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV | ||
16:10-16:50 | UKube-1 Progress report and launch announcement | Steve Greenland System Engineer Clyde Space Ltd |
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SSTL Kepler Building Visit | 17:00 -18:00 | SSTL Mini Bus or cars | ||
Gala Dinner – Auction and Raffle | 19:00… | |||
Sunday 16 Sept | ||||
Welcome Back | 09:20-09:30 | |||
Session Four | Chairman: M5AKA | |||
09:30-10:15 | AMSAT-NA Presentation | Mark L. Hammond N8MH | ||
10:15-10:45 | IARU Satellite Planning and Politics – Discussions | Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV | ||
Coffee | 10:45-11:00 | Coffee | ||
Session Five | Chairman: G3WGM | |||
11:00:11:30 | FUNcube Project Update | The FUNcube team | ||
11:30-12:00 | STRaND-2’s Lasers, Computers & Thrusters | Dr Chris Bridges Lecturer in On-Board Data Handling at SSC, UOS | ||
12:00-12:30 | Ham-TV on the ISS and other AMSAT-UK projects | Graham Shirville G3VZV | ||
Lunch | 12:30-13:30 | |||
Session Six | Chairman: G1YGY | |||
13:30-14:10 | UK Space Agency Educational Strategy and Programmes | Jeremy Curtis, Head of Education, UK Space Agency | ||
14:10-14:50 | The lessons learnt from over a decade of Microsat and Cubesat projects | Daniel Faber VA3DRF, P.Eng | ||
Tea | 14:50-15:10 | Tea | ||
15:10-15:40 | Android Apps for Satellites / Raspberry Pi Demo | Dave Johnson G4DPZ | ||
15:40-15:45 | Formal Closure of Colloquium | Graham Shirville G3VZV | ||
AMSAT-UK A.G.M. | 16:00-17:00 |