Role of the ionosphere and space weather in military communications
from
Monday, 16 March 2026 (08:40)
to
Wednesday, 18 March 2026 (16:00)
Monday, 16 March 2026
08:45
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:45 - 09:00
09:00
Welcome and round of the participants
Welcome and round of the participants
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
Appetizer
-
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
Appetizer
Petra Vanlommel
(
STCE
)
09:30 - 10:00
What HF can commonly do SWx: Case study impact on HF radio comm - Tobias SWx: Case study of SATcom - Petra
10:00
10 min break
10 min break
10:00 - 10:10
10:10
Radio waves & plasma
-
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Radio waves & plasma
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
10:10 - 10:55
10:55
Exercise
Exercise
10:55 - 11:10
11:10
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 - 11:40
11:40
visit to the solar dome
visit to the solar dome
11:40 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Structure of the mid-latitude ionosphere
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Structure of the mid-latitude ionosphere
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
13:00 - 13:45
13:45
Exercise
Exercise
13:45 - 14:00
14:00
10 min break
10 min break
14:00 - 14:10
14:10
Mid-latitude ionospheric climate & weather
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Mid-latitude ionospheric climate & weather
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
14:10 - 15:05
15:05
Exercise
Exercise
15:05 - 15:25
15:25
Wrap up and overshoot time
Wrap up and overshoot time
15:25 - 16:00
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
08:45
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:45 - 09:00
09:00
Warm up - Communication with HF
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
Warm up - Communication with HF
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
09:00 - 09:20
09:20
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
)
09:20 - 10:00
10:00
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 - 10:30
10:30
Exercise
Exercise
10:30 - 10:50
10:50
High & low latitude ionosphere
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Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
High & low latitude ionosphere
Tobias Verhulst
(
RMI
)
10:50 - 11:45
11:45
Exercise
Exercise
11:45 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Radio wave fundamentals and propagation
-
Antonio Martinez
(
KSB
)
Radio wave fundamentals and propagation
Antonio Martinez
(
KSB
)
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
break
break
14:00 - 14:10
14:10
Radio wave fundamentals and propagation
-
Antonio Martinez
(
KSB
)
Radio wave fundamentals and propagation
Antonio Martinez
(
KSB
)
14:10 - 15:00
15:00
Break
Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15
Radio waves into practice
-
Dries Van Baelen
(
Belgian Defence
)
Radio waves into practice
Dries Van Baelen
(
Belgian Defence
)
15:15 - 16:00
16:00
wrap up
wrap up
16:00 - 16:15
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
08:45
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:45 - 09:00
09:00
Warm up exercise
Warm up exercise
09:00 - 09:15
09:15
Solar radio bursts
-
Christophe Marqué
(
STCE
)
Solar radio bursts
Christophe Marqué
(
STCE
)
09:15 - 10:10
10:10
Exercise
Exercise
10:10 - 10:25
10:25
Visit of the Space Weather Room
Visit of the Space Weather Room
10:25 - 10:45
10:45
Extreme events and impacts
-
Jan Janssens
(
STCE
)
Extreme events and impacts
Jan Janssens
(
STCE
)
10:45 - 11:40
11:40
Exercise
Exercise
11:40 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
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
)
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
Exercise
Exercise
14:00 - 14:20
14:20
Practical tools and resources, dashboard (including drivers)
-
Elisabeth Dom
Practical tools and resources, dashboard (including drivers)
Elisabeth Dom
14:20 - 15:10
15:10
Feedback & Wrap up
Feedback & Wrap up
15:10 - 15:30