June 24, 2024

SANSA News

SANSA’s Earth Observation Sensor portfolio: Empowering Evidence-Based Decisions for Humanity

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) continues to play a crucial role in enhancing the quality of life through its advanced Earth Observation (EO) sensor portfolio. These sensors provide invaluable data for a variety of applications, significantly benefiting

June 14, 2024

SANSA News

SANSA’s drive to unleash the power of youth

South Africa, a land of vast potential and vibrant cultures, faces a significant challenge of high levels of unemployment, particularly among its youth. Barriers to entry into the labour market have long stymied opportunities for young people. Paving Pathways

June 10, 2024

SANSA News

BRICS Joint Committee on Space Cooperation held recently in Russia

In 2022, the BRICS nations created the BRICS Joint Committee on Space Cooperation to enable member space agencies to collaborate on matters pertaining to environmental protection, disaster prevention and mitigation, and managing climate change impacts with efficient data sharing

May 16, 2024

SANSA News

The “Mothers’ Day” Solar Storm

On Friday night 10 May and Saturday Morning 11 May, a historic geomagnetic storm impacted the Earth and caused a very rare occurrence of Aurora Australis or Southern lights, which were visible over South Africa. Storm conditions reached G5

May 11, 2024

SANSA News

Southern African Skies light up with Aurora as Historic Solar Storms Collides with Earth

A historic solar storm impacted Earth throughout the night on Friday, 10 May 2024 and continued into Saturday, 11 May 2024. The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) Space Weather Centre issued several G4 warnings and, for the first

The X1 solar flare from 8 May that triggered the two Earth-directed CMEs

May 10, 2024

SANSA News

Solar Storms to Collide with Earth

Space weather is caused by explosions on the Sun that can interact with the Earth's magnetic field and upper atmosphere and disrupt our technological systems both in space and on the ground. Industries that rely on navigation and telecommunication

May 2, 2024

SANSA News

Earth Observation for Climate Change

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) hosted the Earth Observation (EO) for Climate Change stakeholder engagement workshop on 29 April 2024. The objective of the workshop was to showcase some of the Earth observation and Earth intelligence activities

SANSA Engage with the Matjiesfontein local community about the progress of the deep space ground station project.

April 19, 2024

SANSA News

SANSA fosters community participation in Matjiesfontein

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) recently held a community engagement session in Matjiesfontein. The aim of the session was to update community members on the progress of the deep space ground station project and provide a platform

March 18, 2024

SANSA News

Climate Change, Food Security high on the SANSA Agenda at GEO Week

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is proud to have been part of the Local Organising Committee of the Group of Earth Observation (GEO) Week 2023 taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 6 -10 November 2023.

January 10, 2024

Daleen Fouche

SANSA: Over a Decade of Excellence in HF Communications

High-frequency communications, or HF, is an essential tool used across the globe, especially on the African continent, for long-distance communications. An example of this was during the Mozambique hurricane disaster when cell phone systems became overloaded and satellite phones

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