Celebrating South Africa’s first space squadron

Celebrating South Africa’s first space squadron

  Move over Top Gun … South Africa has just deployed its constellation of nanosatellites to monitor the marine environment called MDASats! On 13 January 2022, a Falcon 9 rocket, designed, developed, assembled and operated by renowned company SpaceX, founded and...
24/7 Operational Space Weather Centre – Project update

24/7 Operational Space Weather Centre – Project update

  Phase 1 of SANSA’s 24/7 Operational Space Weather Centre build has been completed. This includes the construction of the Space Weather Centre, guest accommodation, generator house and civil works. Minor touch-ups and a final coat of paint are all that remain....
Mission critical: Space Operations supports NASA GOES-T launch

Mission critical: Space Operations supports NASA GOES-T launch

  The SANSA Space Operations team at Hartebeeshoek is currently supporting the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) T mission aboard the Atlas 5 (AV-095) rocket. “GOES-T is a new weather satellite by National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
A new season at SANSA

A new season at SANSA

  As autumn turns to winter, it heralds a change at SANSA. The tenure of its CEO over the past five years, Dr Valanthan Munsami, has ended. During his term he ensured that significant progress was made to elevate the profile and implement aspirational programmes,...