
April 14, 2022
What’s happening at SANSA
Find out what events are taking place at SANSA. SANSA celebrated its 11th birthday on 1 April 2022 The International Space Weather Camp will be held from 01 June to 15 June 2022 Watch this space for
April 14, 2022
Find out what events are taking place at SANSA. SANSA celebrated its 11th birthday on 1 April 2022 The International Space Weather Camp will be held from 01 June to 15 June 2022 Watch this space for
April 14, 2022
SANSA’s Earth Observation team and the National Research Foundation (NRF) hosted a workshop with the Earth observation community in December 2021. The following important topics were discussed: An overview of SANSA’s strategic thinking and long-term R&D for national
April 14, 2022
[caption id="attachment_11278" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Jamie Moses[/caption] When you think of space exploration, the first things that come to mind are probably astronauts and exciting spaceship voyages to discover new planets. Not many people immediately think of software development.
April 14, 2022
[caption id="attachment_11269" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Receiver[/caption] SANSA’s African Instrumentation Network is a project developed to support the flow of real-time data to the new operational Space Weather Centre. These ground based instruments monitors the upper atmosphere and provides data
April 14, 2022
[caption id="attachment_11262" align="aligncenter" width="1162"] Stage 2 audit[/caption] SANSA Hermanus has successfully completed its Stage 2 ISO Certification Audit for ISO9001: 2015. The result was “Recommendation for Certification”. A combined sigh of relief was felt throughout the Hermanus Campus
April 14, 2022
Move over Top Gun … South Africa has just deployed its constellation of nanosatellites to monitor the marine environment called MDASats! On 13 January 2022, a Falcon 9 rocket, designed, developed, assembled and operated by renowned company SpaceX,
April 14, 2022
[caption id="attachment_11237" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The 24/7 operations will commence during 2022[/caption] Phase 1 of SANSA’s 24/7 Operational Space Weather Centre build has been completed. This includes the construction of the Space Weather Centre, guest accommodation, generator house and
April 14, 2022
[caption id="attachment_11222" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Artist’s concept of the GOES-T satellite in orbit. Credit: Lockheed Martin[/caption] The SANSA Space Operations team at Hartebeeshoek is currently supporting the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) T mission aboard the Atlas 5 (AV-095)
April 14, 2022
[caption id="attachment_11216" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Ms Andiswa Mlisa and Dr Valanthan Munsami[/caption] As autumn turns to winter, it heralds a change at SANSA. The tenure of its CEO over the past five years, Dr Valanthan Munsami, has ended. During
April 7, 2022
POSTPONEMENT OF NEW EARTH OBSERVATION FRONTIERS (NEOFRONTIERS) INFORMATION SESSION. With deep regret we would like to inform all the stakeholders that due to unforeseen circumstances the NEOFrontiers launch and information session, planned for 11 April 2021, has been postponed.