IARU International Amateur Radio Satellite Forum

Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV

The IARU International Amateur Radio Satellite Forum will this year be held in conjunction with the AMSAT-UK Colloquium which takes place in Guildford, England on the weekend of September 15-16.

The forum, chaired by IARU Amateur Satellite Advisor Hans van de Groenendaal ZS6AKV, takes place on Saturday, September 15 at 1700 BST (1600 UT).

On the Agenda is a report on the activities of the IARU Satellite Adviser and his Advisory Panel.

UPDATE: For videos of the IARU satellite planning forum and the AMSAT-SA presentation given by Hans ZS6AKV see http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=10297

Colloquium information http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/twelve

IARU Amateur Radio Satellite Frequency Coordination http://www.iaru.org/satellite/

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Dr Sandile Malinga, CEO of the South African Space Agency
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SkyCube to use 915 MHz CubeSat Ground Station Network

Tim DeBenedictis and Anna Vital with the SkyCube satellite

Tim DeBenedictis and Anna Vital with the SkyCube satellite

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OSSI CubeSat talk at Media Evolution Conference

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