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 |
Holiday Inn and GB4FUN communications module
