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February 7, 2022

Daleen Fouche

Farewell to SumbandilaSat, a proudly South African satellite

[caption id="attachment_10838" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Example of 12 years of technical telemetry data (power system currents and voltages) generated by SumbandilaSat.[/caption] The second South African satellite known as SumbandilaSat (‘pathfinder’ in Venda) reached the end of its life and

February 7, 2022

Daleen Fouche

SANSA signs two significant Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs)

Space partnership between SANSA and UKSA formalised at IAC 2021 The world’s largest space conference, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), took place in October 2021 in Dubai. At the conference, representatives from SANSA and the United Kingdom

A Centre Of Excellence in HF Communications

January 19, 2022

Daleen Fouche

SANSA: Ten years of Excellence in HF Communications

High-Frequency communications or HF is an essential tool used across the globe and especially on the African continent for long-distance communications. Many sectors across the continent rely greatly on HF communications for different purposes. Such sectors include the Aviation,

December 17, 2021

Daleen Fouche

The Solar Eclipse of 2021

It takes a year for the Earth to go around the Sun, and it takes a month for the Moon to go around the Earth. These two orbits sometimes line up perfectly to have the Moon directly between the

December 15, 2021

Daleen Fouche

International Space Weather Camp 2022

International Space Weather Camp The International Space Weather Camp (ISWC) provides an incredible opportunity for students from South Africa, the USA, and Germany to learn about space weather, a relatively new and exciting field involving the study

December 10, 2021

Vaneshree Maharaj

SumbandilaSat reaches the end of its life

[caption id="attachment_10605" align="alignleft" width="343"] SumbandilaSat satellite used for earth Observation[/caption] The South African satellite known as SumbandilaSat (Pathfinder in Venda) is reaching the end of its life and will deorbit on Friday 10 December 2021. The satellite was launched

December 7, 2021

Daleen Fouche

Africa Earth Observation Challenge announces the winners of the 2021 challenge.

Africa Earth Observation Challenge announces the winners of the 2021 challenge. The Africa Earth Observation (EO) Challenge was launched 14 weeks, with aim of promoting awareness of the value of earth observation data (EOD), driving entrepreneurial activity in the

December 3, 2021

Vaneshree Maharaj

South African National Space Agency and China Satellite Navigation Office signed an MoU at Science Forum SA 2021

At Science Forum South Africa, the largest space conference that is a precursor to Science Forum Africa, currently taking place in Pretoria, South Africa saw representatives from the

November 17, 2021

SANSA News

The Carrington Event – the most intense Solar storm in recorded history!

The mother of all solar storms, the most intense Space Weather event in recorded history, the Carrington event of 1 September 1859, was twice as big as any other solar storm in the last 500 years. The British amateur

November 5, 2021

Daleen Fouche

Meet the women of SANSA

[caption id="attachment_10412" align="aligncenter" width="842"] From left to right: Mpho Bogatsu, Ashley Nel, Meryl Jagarnath[/caption] SANSA’s Human Capital Development (HCD) bursary programme has been put in place to allow for the professional development of staff or students by providing

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