March 18, 2024

Daleen Fouche

Climate Change, Food Security high on the SANSA Agenda at GEO Week

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is proud to have been part of the Local Organising Committee of the Group of Earth Observation (GEO) Week 2023 taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 6 -10 November 2023.

January 10, 2024

Daleen Fouche

SANSA: Over a Decade of Excellence in HF Communications

High-frequency communications, or HF, is an essential tool used across the globe, especially on the African continent, for long-distance communications. An example of this was during the Mozambique hurricane disaster when cell phone systems became overloaded and satellite phones

May 15, 2023

Daleen Fouche

Digital Earth South Africa (Digital Earth SA) Earth Observation Data Cubes platform

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) launches Digital Earth South Africa (Digital Earth SA) Earth Observation Data Cubes platform. 28 October 2022: The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in partnership with its strategic partner, South African Radio

April 17, 2023

Daleen Fouche

SANSA to support lunar mission

The South African National Space Agency will be supporting the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre’s mission to land their Rashid Rover on the surface of the moon on 25 April 2023. The Rashid Rover is the first Lunar mission

Planetary K-index produced by SANSA with the disturbance storm time (Dst) as the black line

March 24, 2023

Daleen Fouche

Navigation and communications systems to be impacted by severe geomagnetic storm

A severe geomagnetic storm caused by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun arrived late on Thursday 23 March and continues to impact the Earth and its technological systems today. The CME was ejected from the Sun on

January 27, 2023

Daleen Fouche

Changes in Earth’s inner core will not have dramatic effect on magnetic field

A new study published in Nature Geoscience suggests that the rotation of Earth's inner core might be slowing down. This conclusion is based on measurements of seismic waves studied by the authors at Peking University in China. This study

October 28, 2022

Daleen Fouche

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) launches Digital Earth South Africa (Digital Earth SA) Earth Observation Data Cubes platform.

28 October 2022: The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in partnership with its strategic partner, South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) today launched a beta version of the Digital Earth South Africa data cube platform. SANSA is

September 14, 2022

Daleen Fouche

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) releases satellite data to aid authorities and businesses in the Free State Jagersfontein Dam flooding

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has released Satellite Imagery following the Jagersfontein Dam flooding in the Free State on 11 September 2022. Early on Sunday morning, a dam in Jagersfontein in the Free State Province burst its

April 29, 2022

Daleen Fouche

The 50th Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group Meeting to be held in Pretoria, South Africa in May 2022.

The USGS Landsat International Cooperator Network, in coordination with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), will be hosting the first in person Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG) #50 meeting since 2019 in Pretoria, South Africa during

April 28, 2022

Daleen Fouche

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE NEW DATES OF THE NEW EARTH OBSERVATION FRONTIERS (NEOFRONTIERS) LAUNCH AND INFORMATION SESSION.

ANNOUNCEMENT: To Earth Observation Community ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE NEW DATES OF THE NEW EARTH OBSERVATION FRONTIERS (NEOFRONTIERS) LAUNCH AND INFORMATION SESSION. It is with great pleasure to announce the new dates for the NEOFrontiers launch and information session. The

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Author: Daleen Fouche