Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO

Small Satellites - how universities can contribute to the space industry

The presentation given by Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Glasgow
is available on the web.

Titled 'Small Satellites - how universities can contribute to the space industry'
the 32-minute presentation can now be
viewed on the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) website, see http://www.iafastro.org/index.php?id=657

At 15:44 minutes into the video the GENSO project is mentioned. AMSAT-UK is an active participant in the GENSO project, see

AMSAT-UK and ESA co-operation on GENSO
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2007/
amsat_esa_genso_cooperation.htm

At 16:03 Martin says that "starting back in 1975 the first interest in space [at University of Surrey] came out of the Amateur Radio community tracking some of the very early Amateur Radio satellites like Oscar 6.

The first University of Surrey satellite UOSAT 1 (OSCAR 9) launched in 1981 is mentioned 16:40 into the video.

International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
http://www.iafastro.org/

59th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Glasgow
http://www.iac2008.co.uk/