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10 Apr Another eye towards the sky – unveiling South Africa’s Optical Space Research Laboratory

Posted at 13:16h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

  SANSA's robust endeavours to strengthen the country's role in multinational space science research, this time specifically in upper-atmosphere studies, come to fruition with the unveiling of the Optical Space Research (OSR) Laboratory at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in

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13 Oct SANSA hosts VERSIM and Radiation Belt symposia in Hermanus

Posted at 12:19h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

Space science, specifically Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) and Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio waves in the magnetosphere and ionosphere, as well as space plasma and radiation belt phenomena, were topics of dynamic discourse recently between representatives from two international space science

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28 Jul From Africa, for Africa – contributing to science and the world community

Posted at 06:47h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

Early-career research excellence has again seen Dr John Bosco Habarulema, a space science researcher at the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in Hermanus, as the recipient of an award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) – this time as

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24 Jun Island science in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean

Posted at 13:34h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

The overwintering exodus to Marion Island this year saw SANSA researcher, Dr Stefan Lotz, accompany Travis Duck, an engineer and member of the 73rd Marion expedition (M73), to assist with the takeover from returning engineer, Pierre Joubert, a member of

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20 Jun Developing scarce and critical skills in space science and technology

Posted at 09:48h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

Empowering young women to follow careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) was under the spotlight recently at a YOUTH DAY SPACE PREP workshop in Cape Town where senior SANSA representatives assisted young learners to build small, programmable robotic

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03 May DST Sutherland Science Imbizo

Posted at 18:10h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

The small town of Sutherland was buzzing over the long weekend as the local community flocked to engage with the various exhibitions on show at the Department of Science and Technology's Science Imbizo taking place on 30 April 2016.  The

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15 Apr SANSA participates in multinational space weather research and applications partnership

Posted at 06:38h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

SANSA recently hosted representatives from the Met Office, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, RAL Space, and Imperial College London in the UK. The visitors met with SANSA researchers to discuss a multinational space weather project as part of the UK Space

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10 Apr DemoGRAPE: First scintillation data from the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System recorded at SA Antarctic base

Posted at 06:58h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

Polar travelling in Antarctica may become significantly safer thanks to the DemoGRAPE instrumentation recently deployed at the South African Antarctic base, SANAE IV. In January 2016 these instruments recorded ionospheric scintillations for the first time along signal paths from the

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04 Feb First ground-based observations of sprites over South Africa

Posted at 06:19h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

The South African National Space Agency recently recorded the first images of Sprites from Sutherland on 11 January 2016. Triggered by lightning, Sprites are optical gas discharges from the top of convective thunderstorm clouds at an altitude of 50-100 km. "Despite

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07 Dec Antarctic team heads for the Ice

Posted at 14:28h in News, Space Science by Vaneshree Maharaj

The departure of the 55th Antarctic expedition aboard the SA Agulhas II on 5 December this year marked a milestone for SANSA Radar Engineer, Jon Ward, who will be spending his 5th consecutive summer in Antarctica. Jon has been appointed

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SANSA was created to promote the use of space and strengthen cooperation in space-related activities while fostering research in space science, advancing scientific engineering through developing human capital, and supporting industrial development in space technologies.

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SANSA Hermanus, Western Cape:

Tel: 028 312 1196
Fax: 028 312 2039
Email: spacesci-info@sansa.org.za


SANSA Pretoria, Gauteng:

Tel: 012 844 0500
Fax: 012 844 0396
Email: information@sansa.org.za

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Tel: 012 334 5000
Fax: 012 334 5001
Email: spaceops-info@sansa.org.za

 

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