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Satcoms training course

Develop your satellite communications knowledge

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Date and location

15 -17 and 22 - 24 September 2025 | Live Virtual

IET member:

from £2099

Non-member:

from £2299

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: 42
UK-SPEC: A,B,E

Six days of intense learning

Module one: satcom essentials, ideal for business managers, sales

Module two: link engineering including link budget primer; modulation and coding; power link budgets and QoS design using link budgets.

Module three: Access and Networks including earth station RF engineering; TCP/IP and satellite; propagation and satellite access techniques.

Module four: Antennas and space craft engineering including antennas; satcom on the move; spacecraft engineering and operations and payload engineering.

Module five: Regulations and spectrum management including a regulatory update. Plus additional sessions on payload engineering and earth station RF engineering.

Module six: Workshop exercises.

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Who should attend?

  • Engineers and technicians looking to develop their knowledge and to gain expertise in the modern satellite communications technology
  • Government and military technologists requiring a wider overview of the satcom industry
  • Students and graduates with engineering and science backgrounds planning their careers in satellite communications
  • Corporate, PR, marketing and sales staff who need a better understanding of satellite communications technology.
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Last year’s trainers included

  • Dave Davis, Technical Director - Global Accounts, ST Engineering iDirect
  • Barry Evans, Professor of Communications, University of Surrey
  • Gorry Fairhurst, Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Aberdeen
  • Paul Febvre, CTO, Satellite Applications Catapult
  • David Jowsey, Satellite Products, BT Media & Broadcast
  • Max Petrozzi Ilstad, ESA
  • Tim Tozer, Professor of Communications, University of York
  • Tim Waterfield, Senior Specialist – Antennas, Airbus Defence and Space
  • Paul Iliffe, Satcoms Training Specialist
  • Daryl Jones, Head of Advanced Payload Systems, Airbus Defence and Space
  • Kevin Shaw, Joint Forces Command, MOD
  • Farbod Kayhan, Telespazio, UK
  • Mark Posen, Managing Director, RPC Telecommunications Ltd
  • Spyridon Grammenos, Payload systems engineer, Inmarsat
  • Ifok Otung, Professor of Space Engineering, University of Bradford
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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

"Super useful course to gain a better understanding and general awareness of satcoms."
QinetiQ

"Great course, wish I had attended it a long time ago."
QA Ltd

"Thoroughly enjoyable and informative course."
DSTL 

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