April 2024 Meetup | A new threat from satellite mega-constellations?
About this event
Join us for the April 2024 meetup of the Space Association of Australia – all welcome!
Date: Monday, 22 April 2024
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm AEST
Venue: Bentleigh RSL, 538 Centre Road, Bentleigh, VIC
Note: This is an in-person event taking place in Melbourne only, there will be no livestream.
The usual RSL sign-in rules apply (e.g. scan driver's licence) to enter the venue.
There is off-street car parking behind the RSL building — enter from Arthur Street. The entry from the car park is for members only. The public entry is from Centre Road.
Alternate off-street parking may be found in front of the Woolworths next door — enter from Centre Road, or behind the Bentleigh Library — enter from Jasper Road.
The Bentleigh RSL is a few hundred metres east of Bentleigh Station on the Frankston Line. Also, smart buses run along Centre Road.
Download the bistro and gluten-free menus from here.
Please RSVP for the night by booking a free ticket below:
Schedule
- 6:30 pm
- Meal time
- 7:30 pm
- Welcome & introduction with Michael Abdilla
- 7:35 pm
- Gilmour Space upcoming test launch and other Aussie updates with Michael Abdilla
- 7:50 pm
- "Do satellite mega-constellations risk weakening the Earth's magnetic field?" and other space and planetary science updates with Andrew Rennie
- 8:40 pm
- Other space news (TBC)
