Last week, the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) was honoured to welcome two groups of delegates to its Hermanus site in the Western Cape to showcase the facility’s current successes and future growth potential. On Wednesday, 28 January 2026, the...
SANSA’s Earth Observation produced flood extent maps for Giyani and Vuhehli in Limpopo Province following the January 2026 flooding, using Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery acquired on 16 January 2026. By analysing pre- and post-event SAR data, SANSA...
A strong geomagnetic storm has been interfering with Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and other technological systems since last night and storm conditions are likely to continue into the rest of the week. The Sun has been...
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and Angolan Space Program Management Office (GGPEN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this week in Tshwane, South Africa to establish joint projects aimed at enhancing the space capability and competence between...
A powerful geomagnetic storm swept across Earth’s magnetic field over the past 24 hours, triggered by the impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME) in combination with an intense solar wind from a large coronal hole. Coronal Hole 52 — a particularly large coronal hole...
