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Eurosom 1

The first Satellite observers meeting organised by the Belgian Working Group Satellites-BWGS.
The meeting was held at Hasselt, Belgium on October 22-23, 1994.


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The 'Borggraaf', where the first Eurosom meeting was held and organised by the BWGS, the Belgian Working Group Satellites. 
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Wim Holwerda talking about rendezvous techniques in space. 
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Bart de Pontieu(left) talking to Pierre Neirinck(middle) who is preparing his slide show. On the right is Jean De Weerdt. 
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Pierre Neirinck(left) in the middle of his talk. Jean De Weerdt(middle) and Kurt Jonckheere(right) are listening. 
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Alain Grycan(standing) giving his talk on high-sesolution images of satellites. Far left Bram Dorreman(partially visible), Wim Holwerda, Nico Janssen. Slightly below of Alain is Pierre Neirinck(sitting) busy translating Alain's french into english. On the right bench are(from lieft to right): Dirk Carlens, Willy Verhaegen(with glasses), Johannes Fritzer(obscuring Willy partially), Bart De Pontieu(at the back) and a small piece of Jean De Weerdt. 
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Alphonse Pouplier(middle)preparing his demonstration of his computerized tracking system. He's surrounded by, from left to right: Bram Dorreman(arm only), Wim Holwerda, Nico Janssen and at the far right Pierre Neirinck. 
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Demonstration time ! Shown are, from left to right: Dirk Carlens, Alphonse Pouplier(partially obscured by Dirk), Bram Dorreman, Jean De Weerdt, Chris van den Bergh, Nico Janssen(at the computer), Wim Holwerda, Jean Monseur(maybe), Kurt Jonckheere and Leo Barhorst. 
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Alain Grycan and Pierre Neirinck. 
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Kurt Jonckheere(far left) demonstrating a computer program(presumably SatFlash ?) to Jean Monseur(middle, with glasses). In the background Jean De Weerdt is admiring Alphonse Pouplier's system. 
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Pierre Neirinck(far left) showing a sample of his rich photo collection, on Satrday evening. Also visible are Kurt Jonckheere(left), Johannes Fritzer(middle) and Jean De Weerdt(right). 
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Christian Steyaert shown giving his talk on GPS. Part of the public is visible too: Bram Dorreman on the left, and Bart De Pontieu and Jean De Weerdt on the right. 
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Bram Dorreman shown here giving his talk on characteristic orbital patterns. 
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Alphonse Pouplier demonstrating an early GPS system. Also on the picture are Kurt Jonckheere, Alain Grycan, Pierre Neirinck and Christian Steyaert(the Belgian president of the Astronomical Association VVS) 
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Group picture from left to right: Wim Holwerda, Alphonse Pouplier, Alain Grycan, Pierre Neirinck, Johannes Fritzer, Dirk Carlens, Kurt Dequick, Willy Verhaegen, Kurt Jonckheere, Jean De Weerdt and Tristan Cools. Sitting from left to right: Bart De Pontieu, Bram Dorreman and Chris Steyaert. 

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