22 Jul From consoles to dashboards: tracking satellite technology at SANSA
From manual consoles to digital dashboards in the cloud, Joel Sekwakwa and Cornelius Mokgadi have seen it all over 20 years of capturing and processing data from satellites.
From manual consoles to digital dashboards in the cloud, Joel Sekwakwa and Cornelius Mokgadi have seen it all over 20 years of capturing and processing data from satellites.
SANSA provides important satellite data and products to help the government respond to COVID-19, including data for contact tracing and mapping spaza shops affected by the lockdown.
[caption id="attachment_6116" align="alignleft" width="264"] Sentinel-2 imagery of Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique[/caption] African nations can now access high-resolution satellite images in the Digital Earth Africa (DE Africa) platform that will enable countries to monitor changes that relate to people and the environment due
[caption id="attachment_5818" align="alignleft" width="320"] Satellite image showing spaza shops in Limpopo[/caption] During the COVID-19 crisis, it is more critical than ever for governments to be able to identify the locations of informal settlements. Knowing where informal settlements are located will help
South Africa’s space sector remains fertile ground for growth, both economically and technologically, despite the country’s current economic slump. This was a key take home message from the second annual Space for National Development conference (SND 2019), hosted by SANSA
SANSA joined global talks with governments and industries that focussed, for the first time, on the ubiquitous availability of Earth Observation (EO) data.
South Africa’s space sector remains fertile ground for growth, both economically and technologically, despite the country’s current economic slump. This was a key take home message from the second annual Space for National Development conference (SND 2019), hosted by SANSA
SANSA’s Space Weather Regional Warning Centre in Hermanus, Western Cape Province, will become a 24/7 monitoring hub that provides vital space weather information to the international aviation industry.