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October 13, 2021

Daleen Fouche

G2 K6 Solar Storm Hits Earth

12/10/2021MEDIA ALERTFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAn eruption on the Sun a few days ago (9 October 2021) produced a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that is now showing its effects on the Earth’s magnetic field. Magnetometer readings around the world are showing

Australian High Commissioner and SANSA CEO at the launch event

October 7, 2021

Vaneshree Maharaj

Digital Earth Africa launches Program Management Office in Pretoria

[caption id="attachment_10172" align="alignleft" width="848"] Ms Gita Kamath (Australian High Commissioner) and Dr Val Munsami (SANSA CEO) at the PMP launch event[/caption] Pretoria, 6th October 2021 Digital Earth Africa is delighted to celebrate the appointment of the South African National

Aurora as seen on 17 September 2021 over Sweden.

September 27, 2021

Daleen Fouche

A Glancing Blow May Make the Night-Sky Glow!

A dark filament of a wound-up magnetic field erupted from the Sun's southern hemisphere on 19 September. It is not directly headed for the Earth, and when it arrives on 23 September, it may not have a significant impact

September 14, 2021

Daleen Fouche

Join SANSA for World Space Week to Celebrate Women in Space

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) invites you to join us in recognising local space achievements during World Space Week from 4 - 10 October 2021. World Space Week is an international celebration of Space science and

September 14, 2021

Daleen Fouche

Space Weather News: From minuscule to Mammoth in 24 hours

Sunspot group AR2866 is currently in a geo-effective location on the solar disk and has doubled in size in 24 hours from 6 to 7 September. When it came into view on the limb of the Sun on 5

Vaneshree Maharaj

No Network Breach at SANSA

On 6 September 2021, SANSA was notified of a possible breach of the IT system. A file consisting of SANSA information was shared by a third party in the public domain. An internal investigation was conducted, and it was

August 20, 2021

Daleen Fouche

SANSA Science Centre gets a makeover

The SANSA Hermanus Science Centre has had a makeover and it’s a feast for the eyes! The recent upgrade was undertaken in a bid to make the Science Centre more engaging and fun for learners. The makeover included a

August 20, 2021

Daleen Fouche

Partnering with Russia to build the PanEOS antenna

With South Africa being a member of BRICS, SANSA has recently signed a bilateral agreement with Roscosmos (the Russian State corporation for space activities) to build the PanEOS antenna. This is Roscosmos’s “Optical-Electronic Complex for Detection and Measurement of

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