22 Jul Social distancing on Marion Island
With only eight people currently on Marion Island, social distancing is a natural feature of the year-long 77th Marion Island Expedition.
With only eight people currently on Marion Island, social distancing is a natural feature of the year-long 77th Marion Island Expedition.
The South African government has given the go-ahead for SANSA and NASA to look into placing a space vehicle tracking and communications ground station in Matjiesfontein, Western Cape.
COVID-19 lockdowns all over the world have revealed clearer city skies and a noticeable improvement in air quality. Such stark changes show just how much big, busy cities affect air quality, says SANSA researcher Lerato Shikwambana.
SANSA's data on the South Atlantic Anomaly is in demand as the phenomenon’s area of influence rapidly expands, potentially threatening satellite communications and navigation in southern Africa.
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