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Satcoms training course

Develop your satellite communications knowledge

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Date and location

September 2025, Live Virtual

IET member:

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Non-member:

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Our Satcoms training course will give you a comprehensive understanding of satellite communication technology and applications.

Ideal for early-career professionals, graduate students and anyone wanting a refresher course in key concepts, the course provides a grounding in essential tools and skills to enable you to work across a wide spectrum of terminal manufacturers, platform vendors, satellite providers and network operators.

Benefits of attending the course include:

  • Gain a thorough understanding of link budgets and QoS design
  • Better position yourself to work for satellite manufacturers that design spacecraft and the payload
  • Learn to achieve the most optimal throughput of applications including IP over satellite
  • Understand the core principles, techniques and knowledge required to design complete end-to-end systems.

The course takes place live virtually over two weeks.

At a glance

Duration: six days
CPD hours: 38
UK-SPEC: A,B,E

UK-SPEC competencies: A, B and E

Competence A: Knowledge and understanding

For Chartered Engineers: “use a combination of general and specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to optimise the application of advanced and complex systems.”

For Incorporated Engineers: “Use a combination of general and specialist engineering knowledge and understanding to apply existing and emerging technology”

For Engineering Technicians: “Use engineering knowledge and understanding to apply technical and practical skills.”

Competence B: Design, development and solving engineering problems

For Chartered Engineers: “apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to analyse and solve engineering problems.”

For Incorporated Engineers: “apply appropriate theoretical and practical methods to design, develop, manufacture, construct, commission, operate, maintain, decommission and recycle engineering processes, systems, services and products.”

For Engineering Technicians: “shall contribute to the design, development, manufacture, construction, commissioning, decommissioning, operation or maintenance of products, equipment, processes, systems or services”

Competence E: Professional commitment

For Chartered & Incorporated Engineers: “demonstrate a personal commitment to professional standards, recognising obligations to society, the profession and the environment.”

Engineering Technicians: “shall demonstrate a personal commitment to an appropriate code of professional conduct, recognising obligations to society, the profession and the environment.”

Don't just take our word for it...

“The course is varied and interactive, by having short sessions and different people who give them, it becomes very interesting, and you can pay more attention”
INVAP SE

“The breadth and depth of Satellite Communication Systems was comprehensive and presented by experts in a clear manner. After attending Satellite 2023 in Washington, DC, I compared this course with several others and found this to have the best coverage of this domain area.”
IEEE

“An enjoyable and challenging course. Covering every aspect of satellite communications as given by experts in a way that was simple enough for a newbie like me to follow.”
Sure SA Ltd

“I attended the IET Satcoms Training Course online, and I can honestly say that it exceeded my expectations. All the course sessions where both interesting, informative and well presented.”
Sure SA Ltd

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