August 20, 2021

R90 million upgrades tracking steady progress

The extensive upgrades to the Space Weather Regional Warning Centre in Hermanus are well underway and the project is moving at a good pace, despite sometimes challenging and quite ironically, weather conditions. New foundations The contractors have started laying

August 16, 2021

The Africa Earth Observation (AEO) Challenge 2021

The Africa Earth Observation (AEO) Challenge 2021 Welcome to The Africa Earth Observation (AEO) Challenge 2021. An annually run open innovation challenge that has been sourcing novel space technologies since 2016. Interested in learning more visit: https://eochallenge.africa/ #africaearthobservationchallenge #AfricaEOchallenge

June 4, 2021

Chasing Auroras

Chasing Auroras [caption id="attachment_9436" align="alignnone" width="300"] Vhulahani Manukha & Pierre Retief[/caption] By Vhulahani Manukha   It all started on the 10th of December 2019 when Pierre Retief  and I departed for Antarctica. The preparations before the departure were not

May 28, 2021

An Engineer’s Antarctic Tale

In December 2019, before anyone ever heard of COVID-19 and Zoom was something only found on your camera, Pierre Retief was on a ship heading for Antarctica, to fulfil a lifelong dream. He was appointed as a Radar Engineer

March 15, 2021

Space Weather Centre, a new state-of-the-art facility provides aerospace security

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