Training & Education

Expert knowledge and skills, delivered with you in mind

We provide the highest standard of satellite communication training, because our trainers are themselves skilled and experienced engineers and scientists.

Whether you are an industry professional or seeking your first taste of the space industry, we offer a range of training and educational experience options.

Professional Training Courses

We are immensely proud of the diverse range of professional training programmes we are able to offer here at Goonhilly HQ. From SMOC (our popular annual Space Mission Operations Course), to projects supporting African space skills development such as DARA (Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy), to bespoke courses designed to suit the needs of specific clients.

Whatever the programme of study, our professional team guarantee to deliver quality tuition, in a truly unique, and inspiring location.

Discover examples of some of our previous training programmes below, or contact us here to discover how you and your organisation can benefit from training with Goonhilly.

Space Mission Operations Course (SMOC)

DARA

DARA (Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy) is a joint UK-South Africa Newton Fund human capital development project to help drive economic development in Africa. The project aims to develop high tech skills using radio astronomy in a number of Africa countries.

DARA Big Data

DARA Big Data is a Newton Fund project that provides students from countries affiliated with the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (AVN) with skills in the field of data science.