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November 6, 2024

Celebrating Two Years of Operational Space Weather

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is celebrating two years of its operational Space Weather Centre, which was launched on 3 November 2022, by Prof. Blade Nzimande, Minister of Science Technology and Innovation (DSTI). The Space Weather Centre

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October 10, 2024

Geomagnetic storm expected on Thursday

An Earth-directed CME is expected to impact Earth later today, Thursday 10 October 2024 and into tomorrow, 11 October 2024, causing a geomagnetic storm. The source of this CME was from an X1.8 flare which occurred on 9 October.

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October 4, 2024

Geomagnetic storm to impact Earth over the weekend

A strong geomagnetic storm is expected over the weekend which can disrupt communications and navigation systems and might cause the re-appearance of the Southern Lights over South African skies.  The origin of this storm is a solar flare that

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September 18, 2024

SANSA Head Office is moving

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) Head Office, including the Space Engineering and Earth Observation Programmes that are based at Innovation Hub in Pretoria, will move to new premises at the end of September 2024. The new office

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August 15, 2024

SANSA Delegation Attends AfriGEO Symposium in Nairobi 

A delegation from the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is currently in Nairobi, Kenya, attending the AfriGEO Symposium from 12th to 15th August 2024. This year’s symposium is centered around the theme “Earth Intelligence for Africa.”  AfriGEO, an

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Participants at the training session titled "Harnessing Space Technological Applications in Sustainable Urban Development using the Julia Programming Language".

August 7, 2024

Space for Urban Development 

Harnessing Space technological applications in Sustainable Urban Development using Julia Programming Language  The South African National Space Agency (SANSA), in collaboration with its international stakeholders AIRCENTRE and UN Trade Development, is hosting a training session from 06-08 August 2024.

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Sanele Lionel Khanyile (third from your right) receiving his award for the best oral presentation alongside fellow winners at the SAIP conference.

August 5, 2024

SANSA Students Shine

Physics Conference One of SANSA’s students, Sanele Khanyile, was recently acknowledged for giving the best presentation at the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP) annual conference at Rhodes University, which took place from 1–6 July 2024. The SAIP conference

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