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25/05/2026

A massive thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to Satellite 9 this weekend!
It was great to see you all - We had a fabulous time and hope you did too!
We hope you are all safely home and remember and pencil the last weekend in May 2028 in your diaries to do it all again!

21/05/2026

Important Reminders for Satellite 9 – Please Read!

We are really excited to welcome to Satellite this weekend but need to flag a couple of important things:

🪐We’re now at capacity! Memberships will NOT be available on the door (neither full weekend nor day passes)

🛸Registration opens at 12 noon on Friday.

🚀Programme kicks off mid-afternoon on Friday. Don’t miss the start as it is jam packed with awesomeness!

🛰️Help keep everyone safe: Please do not attend if you’re unwell (e.g. respiratory symptoms or digestive issues)

We are almost all packed and ready to go. Nep and Uri are keeping the Fish Slice of Power safe for the Opening Ceremony.

21/05/2026

Last minute programme opportunity!

The Great Satellite Un-invention Debate (Saturday 1 pm)

We unexpectedly have a vacancy on our fun debate. If anyone would like to volunteer to take part, please contact: [email protected]

You need to propose a discovery, invention or device that the world would have been much better without, and attempt to convince the audience that your choice is better than anyone else’s. It’s a ballon-stye debate where one person is eliminated each round until the winner remains.

Uri and Nep are hard at work helping the committee laminate badges and stuff envelopes ready for Satellite 9. We are all...
16/05/2026

Uri and Nep are hard at work helping the committee laminate badges and stuff envelopes ready for Satellite 9. We are all looking forward to welcoming everyone to Glasgow next weekend.

Satellite 9 Programme is now Live!The wait is over, now you can explore it here: https://nine.satellitex.org.uk/programm...
12/05/2026

Satellite 9 Programme is now Live!

The wait is over, now you can explore it here: https://nine.satellitex.org.uk/programme/

Start planning your experience and mapping out those all-important sessions. We know there are some tough choices ahead, so to make things easier we’ve created a nifty grid view, just click on any session to dive into the full description and details.

The full programme book will be available at the con.

Things to Bring -
Please remember your dancing shoes for Friday’s ceilidh, loose comfortable clothing if you want to take part in the Qi Gong workshop, your favourite poem for the Poetry Circle, and running kit if you fancy the Fun Run. Finally, don’t forget that Saturday is Hall Costume Day. We look forward to seeing your stunning creations!

Only a few weeks to go until Satellite 9! To help you get ready, we've sent you an email with joining instructions. You ...
30/04/2026

Only a few weeks to go until Satellite 9!

To help you get ready, we've sent you an email with joining instructions. You should have received them at the start of the week. If you haven't please let us know.
They are also available on the websitehttps://nine.satellitex.org.uk/hse_assets/other/pr1.pdf

They include everything you need to know about getting to the hotel, parking, registration times, and more.

Important: The convention is now at full capacity and there will be no on-the-door sales.

If you already have a membership but can no longer attend and would like to sell or transfer it, please email [email protected]. We may be able to connect you with someone who’s still looking for one.

We will be realising the programme in the coming weeks and it is jam packed full of fun. We can’t wait to see you at the con!

Image shows: Nep and Uri getting ready to study the joining instructions while waiting in the hotel library.

27/04/2026

KLAXON: We’re officially FULL!

The convention is now at full capacity and no on-the-door sales will be available.

We’re excited to welcome everyone to what’s going to be a fantastic convention!

If you have a membership, are now unable to attend, and would potentially like to sell/transfer it to someone else, please let us know by emailing [email protected] . We may be able to put you in touch with someone who is still looking for one.

17/04/2026

We are extending the drabble deadline date to 24th April.

These will go into Volume 4 of The Journal of pSuedoscience.

Entries should be in the form of a Drabble of exactly 100 words and a title of up to 15 additional words

We want to educate discerning fans with information on the latest pScientific discoveries (e.g. perpetual motion machines, galactic travel by mushroom). Submissions should be of a pSuedoscientific nature, the more amusing or outrageous the better.

Submissions from non-members welcome.

Please send your pSubmissions to [email protected]

Full info: https://nine.satellitex.org.uk/misc/pscience

15/04/2026

Temporal Notice: Submit Your Drabbles by 17 April

Editors report a deadline anomaly approaching fast.

On seventeen April, the submission window collapses with a neat pop. To prevent loss of brilliance, contributors must send drabbles immediately to [email protected].

The safest containment unit remains exactly one hundred words, no more, no fewer, or science gets tetchy. Titles may hover briefly above, sensibly short. Delay breeds chrono-mould, which eats ideas overnight. Act now, before tomorrow reclassifies itself as theoretical.
File your pSuedoscience, amuse the journals, and help stabilise Volume Four before time wanders off again. Failure invites reviewers from parallel timelines carrying footnotes, biscuits, paradoxes, reminders, whistles, schedules, politely late.

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