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14 Mar Postponement of SND- SA-GEO event

Posted at 11:01h in News by Vaneshree Maharaj

[caption id="attachment_11058" align="alignleft" width="843"] Event has been postponed to the near future.[/caption] Dear Stakeholder We regret to inform you that the above-scheduled event is postponed until further notice, due to a recent directive issued by the National Treasury on the ongoing case

04 Mar SANSA Space Operations Supports NASA GOES-T Launch

Posted at 15:36h in News, Space Operations by Thandi Manaka

04 March 2022 On Wednesday, 2 March 2022, the SANSA Space Operations team at Hartebeeshoek supported the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) T mission aboard the Atlas 5 (AV-095) rocket. GOES-T is a new weather satellite by National Oceanic and Atmospheric

01 Mar SANSA welcomes interim CEO, Ms Andiswa Mlisa to the helm of the Agency

Posted at 14:29h in News, Press Release by Vaneshree Maharaj

[caption id="attachment_10983" align="alignleft" width="476"] Ms Andiswa Mlisa, Interim SANSA CEO[/caption] Following the resignation of Dr Val Munsami as CEO of SANSA for a remarkable tenure over the past five years, the Agency reins have now been handed confidently to the capable

26 Feb

Posted at 14:04h in News, Press Release by Vaneshree Maharaj

Farewell Dr Munsami and welcome to Interim CEO The South African National Space Agency (SANSA), in its 11th year of operation announces the resignation of Dr Valanathan Munsami from the employ of the Agency. Dr Munsami has been CEO for the

18 Feb

Posted at 14:24h in Earth Observation, News by Khumbulani Mkhize

Sponsored Specialised Training in Machine Learning for Earth Observation with Application in Agriculture Are you (or your staff or your students) keen on taking machine learning and remote sensing to smart agriculture? As part of FAIR Forward’s goal on capacity development,

18 Feb Invitation to joint SND- SA_GEO event 15-17 March 2022

Posted at 08:21h in Earth Observation, News by Vaneshree Maharaj

[caption id="attachment_10923" align="alignleft" width="1052"] Invitation to the joint SA-GEO and SND event[/caption] Dear Stakeholder, You are kindly invited to participate in the 4th SA-GEO symposium and 3rd Space for National Development (SND) jointly co-hosted by the South African National Space Agency (SANSA)

17 Feb

Posted at 11:18h in Earth Observation, News by Khumbulani Mkhize

South African National Space Agency (SANSA) disaster management tools South Africa has been experiencing heavy rainfalls over the past weeks. heavy rainfall have caused flooding in various parts of the country affecting thousands of households. SANSA has developed disaster management tools that

15 Feb The Starlink disaster of 4 Feb 2022 and its links to Space Weather

Posted at 10:45h in News, Space Science by Daleen Fouche

Starlink suffered a serious setback on 4 Feb 2022 with the untimely demise of 40 of its satellites launched the previous day [1]. The Starlink satellite system is claimed to become the world’s most advanced broadband internet system [2]. It

07 Feb SANSA provides first specialised Space Weather Forecasting course in the world

Posted at 11:57h in News, Newsletters, Space Science by Jacques Kichenbrand

[caption id="attachment_10863" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] From left is Boitumelo Makobe Nkosinathi Masango Katekile Shivambo and Nondumiso Khumalo[/caption] SANSA has developed a space weather forecasting curriculum to train the future generation of space weather forecasters. There are currently four South African forecasters undergoing

07 Feb In from the cold

Posted at 11:56h in News, Newsletters by Jacques Kichenbrand

[caption id="attachment_10857" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] In the photo are the returning SANSA Engineers and the replacement team.[/caption] Every year, a multi-disciplinary team is deployed to the Antarctic base - SANAE IV. This team is known as the “Year Team” as the deployment