SANSA Chief Scientist, Professor Mike Kosch, has been awarded a prestigious award by the United Kingdom (UK) Institute of Physics (IOP) for his groundbreaking work in auroral research. Prof Kosch has been awarded the IOP Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize for image...
Hartebeesthoek, South Africa — The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) today announced the signing of a significant agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), marking a major milestone in South Africa’s participation in...
An Earth-directed CME is expected to impact Earth later today, Thursday 10 October 2024 and into tomorrow, 11 October 2024, causing a geomagnetic storm. The source of this CME was from an X1.8 flare which occurred on 9 October. Should the abovementioned CME arrive...
A strong geomagnetic storm is expected over the weekend which can disrupt communications and navigation systems and might cause the re-appearance of the Southern Lights over South African skies. The origin of this storm is a solar flare that erupted from sunspot...
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) Head Office, including the Space Engineering and Earth Observation Programmes that are based at Innovation Hub in Pretoria, will move to new premises at the end of September 2024. The new office will be at Building 10,...
