     On 9 December 2010, the Department of Science and Technology committed to a formal space programme for South Africa with the launch of the South African National Space Agency (SANSA). The Minister of the department at the time, Naledi Pandor, had said the new...
     For the first time in its 71 year history, the International Astronautical Congress (AIC 2020) took place virtually, with organisations and governments involved in the space sector joining online sessions while socially-distanced all over the globe. Now more...
     Johnny Rizos started working for the CSIR’s Satellite Applications Centre (SAC) in 1997 as an operator tracking low Earth orbit satellites. Four years later, Rizos moved to the Earth Observation department at SAC, where he processed satellite data and produced...
     SANSA has installed instrumentation that provides space weather data for the aviation industry in four African countries so far. The African Instrumentation Network (AIN) provides essential information about space weather events that could interfere with the...
     South African researchers have discovered an elusive phenomenon called anti-black aurora in the stunning light shows of the Arctic circle’s night skies. Amoré Nel, postdoctoral researcher at SANSA, named and described the new phenomenon in her first...
