Some Useful Links relating to Satcoms.

These are advisory only no responsibility is taken for these websites and their content. Please advise any broken links or interesting new links to Tim Tozer, tim.tozer@york.ac.uk General The IET www.theiet.org IET Satsys Professional Network http://mycommunity.theiet.org/communities/home/68 UK Satellite Applications Catapult Centre https://sa.catapult.org.uk Satellite related articles and news, tutorials, software tools, useful links www.satcoms.org.uk Satellite related articles and news, tutorials, software tools, useful links www.satcom.co.uk Links to satellite related websites + companies www.satellite-links.co.uk Global VSAT Forum www.gvf.org COMSYS (for commercial details) www.comsys.co.uk How satellites work http://science.howstuffworks.com/satellite.htm A satellite encyclopedia www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online Courses, Training and Tutorials IET Satellite Summer School www.theiet.org/satcoms-course York courses summary page www.yorkvsats.com University of Surrey Satcoms www.surrey.ac.uk/ee/study/pd/courses/satellite_communications.htm Getting starting with Communications Engineering (from Dave Pearce) http://gswce.net also www-users.york.ac.uk/~dajp1/Introductions/index.html GVF Training www.gvf.org/training/training.html Lever Technologies www.lever.co.uk Brightday Engineering www.brightdayengineering.com Microwave Propagation from Mike Willis www.mike-willis.com Planning software etc (by no means exhaustive) Satmaster (Satmaster Pro link planning tools etc) STK Satellite Signals (several resources + information) CNES Dynamic Link Library ATDI and ICS Telecom Satscape (free satellite tracking programmes etc) Tracking programs and TLE resources (amateur satellites) Celestrak (space and orbital data) www.arrowe.com www.stk.com www.satsig.net http://logiciels.cnes.fr www.atdi.com http://satscape.info/satscape www.satobs.org www.celestrak.com

Satellite and Space News, Journals + Magazines General satellite news www.satnews.com General information and news about space www.space.com General information and news about space www.spacetoday.org/STO.html Satellite TODAY www.satellitetoday.com Space News www.space.com/spacenews Satmagazine www.satmagazine.com Milsatmagazine www.milsatmagazine.com International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/102525899 Online Journal of Space Communication http://satjournal.tcom.ohiou.edu Agencies and Institutes UK Space Agency UK Satellite Applications Catapult Centre European Space Agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) www.ukspaceagency.bis.gov.uk https://sa.catapult.org.uk www.esa.int www.nasa.gov www.federalspace.ru
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ITU Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council Centre National dEtudes Spatiales (CNES) Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Satellites and Services Avanti/HYLAS Eutelsat (satellite operator/service provider) Hughes Network Systems (satellite operator/service provider) Intelsat (satellite operator/service provider) Inmarsat (satellite operator/service provider) Iridium Satellite LLC (satellite operator/service provider) Loral Space & Communications (satellite operator/service provider) Lyngsat (helpful details on lots of satellites) SES Astra (satellite operator/service provider) Thuraya (satellite operator/service provider) Other Industry Links Alcatel Alenia Space (satellite manufacture/launch) Delta Communication (consultancy, software and hardware) EADS/Astrium (satellite system manufacture/launch) Lockheed Martin (satellite manufacture/launch) Microcom Systems Orbit Research Ltd. (satellite planning / consultants) RPC Telecom (spectrum planning consultants) Satcom Resources (US VSAT company) Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) York EMC Services

www.aiaa.org www.itu.int www.apscc.or.kr www.cnes.fr www.iki.rssi.ru www.avantiplc.com/ www.eutelsat.com www.hughes.com www.intelsat.com www.inmarsat.com www.iridium.com www.loral.com www.lyngsat.com www.ses-astra.com www.thuraya.com www1.alcatel-lucent.com/space www.deltacomm.co.uk www.astrium.eads.net www.lockheedmartin.com www.microcomsystems.co.uk www.orbitresearch.co.uk www.rpctelecom.com www.satcomresources.com www.sstl.co.uk www.yorkemc.co.uk

Research Centres Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Space Science and Technology Department www.stfc.ac.uk/ralspace/default.aspx University of York Communications Research Group www.elec.york.ac.uk/research/comms.html Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley www.ssl.berkeley.edu Surrey Space Centre www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC Professional Groups and Forums IET Satellite Systems & Applications TPN http://kn.theiet.org/communities/satellite/index.cfm Satellite communications network of excellence (SATNEX) www.satnex.org Integral Satcom Initiative (ISI) www.isi-initiative.eu.org Global VSAT Forum www.gvf.org Satellite Industry Association www.sia.org Satellite Conferences Satellite and Content Delivery Conference & Expo (SATCON) Annual Conference on Small Satellites Museums Jodrell Bank observatory Smithsonian Institute, National Air and Space Museum

www.satconexpo.com www.smallsat.org www.jb.man.ac.uk www.nasm.si.edu

Satcom-Useful-Links - IET Update 12 August 2013