Role of the ionosphere and space weather in military communications
from
Monday, September 8, 2025 (8:40 AM)
to
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 (4:00 PM)
Monday, September 8, 2025
8:45 AM
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Welcome and round of the participants
Welcome and round of the participants
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Appetizer
-
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
Appetizer
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
What HF can commonly do SWx: Case study impact on HF radio comm - Tobias SWx: Case study of SATcom - Petra
10:00 AM
10 min break
10 min break
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
10:10 AM
Radio waves & plasma
-
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Radio waves & plasma
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
10:10 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM
Exercise
Exercise
10:55 AM - 11:10 AM
11:10 AM
Large scale picture of spheres around Earth
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Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
Large scale picture of spheres around Earth
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM
visit to the solar dome
visit to the solar dome
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Structure of the mid-latitude ionosphere
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Structure of the mid-latitude ionosphere
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM
Exercise
Exercise
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
10 min break
10 min break
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM
Mid-latitude ionospheric climate & weather
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Mid-latitude ionospheric climate & weather
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
2:10 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM
Exercise
Exercise
3:05 PM - 3:25 PM
3:25 PM
Wrap up and overshoot time
Wrap up and overshoot time
3:25 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
8:45 AM
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Warm up - Communication with HF
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Warm up - Communication with HF
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
9:20 AM
Solar drivers (flare, solar wind, particles) of ionospheric weather
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Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
Solar drivers (flare, solar wind, particles) of ionospheric weather
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Bottom-side drivers of ionospheric weather & mid-latitude impacts
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Bottom-side drivers of ionospheric weather & mid-latitude impacts
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Exercise
Exercise
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM
High & low latitude ionosphere
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
High & low latitude ionosphere
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
10:50 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM
Exercise
Exercise
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Radio communication, lower frequency bands, part 1
-
Dries Van Baelen
(
Mil.be
)
Radio communication, lower frequency bands, part 1
Dries Van Baelen
(
Mil.be
)
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM
break
break
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Radio communication, lower frequency bands, part 2
-
Dries Van Baelen
Radio communication, lower frequency bands, part 2
Dries Van Baelen
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM
Break
Break
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Radio Communication, higher frequency bands
-
Antonio Martinez
(
KSB
)
Radio Communication, higher frequency bands
Antonio Martinez
(
KSB
)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
wrap up
wrap up
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
8:45 AM
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Warm up exercise
Warm up exercise
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM
Solar radio bursts
-
Christophe Marqué
(
STCE
)
Solar radio bursts
Christophe Marqué
(
STCE
)
9:15 AM - 10:10 AM
10:10 AM
Exercise
Exercise
10:10 AM - 10:25 AM
10:25 AM
Visit of the Space Weather Room
Visit of the Space Weather Room
10:25 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Extreme events and impacts
-
Jan Janssens
(
STCE
)
Extreme events and impacts
Jan Janssens
(
STCE
)
10:45 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM
Exercise
Exercise
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Monitoring the ionosphere
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Jean-Marie Chevalier
(
ROB, STCE
)
Monitoring the ionosphere
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Jean-Marie Chevalier
(
ROB, STCE
)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Exercise
Exercise
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM
Practical tools and resources, dashboard (including drivers)
-
Elke D'Huys
(
STCE
)
Practical tools and resources, dashboard (including drivers)
Elke D'Huys
(
STCE
)
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM
Feedback & Wrap up
Feedback & Wrap up
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM