South African National Space Agency (SANSA) disaster management tools South Africa has been experiencing heavy rainfalls over the past weeks. heavy rainfall have caused flooding in various parts of the country affecting thousands of households. SANSA has developed disaster
Starlink suffered a serious setback on 4 Feb 2022 with the untimely demise of 40 of its satellites launched the previous day [1]. The Starlink satellite system is claimed to become the world’s most advanced broadband internet system [2].
South African space technology continues to make waves in the national space industry with innovative inventions and specialised ground space stations. Construction of the world’s largest radio telescope in South Africa- the Square Kilometre Array – is due
Find out what events are taking place at SANSA. The Space Science Strategy Workshop takes place from 2 to 4 February The ATNS CEO will visit SANSA Hermanus on 18 February Final ISO external audit for the Hermanus
[caption id="attachment_10863" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] From left is Boitumelo Makobe Nkosinathi Masango Katekile Shivambo and Nondumiso Khumalo[/caption] SANSA has developed a space weather forecasting curriculum to train the future generation of space weather forecasters. There are currently four South
[caption id="attachment_10857" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] In the photo are the returning SANSA Engineers and the replacement team.[/caption] Every year, a multi-disciplinary team is deployed to the Antarctic base - SANAE IV. This team is known as the “Year Team”
[caption id="attachment_10854" align="aligncenter" width="960"] From left to right: Andiswa Mlisa, Lulu Makapela[/caption] South Africa’s leading space women, Andiswa Mlisa and Lulu Makapela, have been appointed to represent the country in the Programme Board of the Group on Earth
[caption id="attachment_10845" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Dr John Habarulema[/caption] The National Research Foundation (NRF) rating system is a key driver in the NRF’s aim to build a globally competitive science system in South Africa. It is used as benchmark of
[caption id="attachment_10838" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Example of 12 years of technical telemetry data (power system currents and voltages) generated by SumbandilaSat.[/caption] The second South African satellite known as SumbandilaSat (‘pathfinder’ in Venda) reached the end of its life and
Space partnership between SANSA and UKSA formalised at IAC 2021 The world’s largest space conference, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), took place in October 2021 in Dubai. At the conference, representatives from SANSA and the United Kingdom
