Vaneshree Maharaj Hermanus Magnetic Observatory incorporated into the National Research Foundation. More
Vaneshree Maharaj SRSC renamed the Satellite Applications Centre (SAC). Major upgrade to provide the SAC with capabilities to receive imagery, process it and archive from earth observation satellites transmitting high resolution imagery in the “X” band. This enabled SAC to receive high resolution data from the American Landsat series and the French SPOT series earth observation satellites More
Vaneshree Maharaj French National Space Agency (CNES) tracking station at Hammanskraal outside Pretoria is relocated to Hartebeesthoek and integrated with the SRSC. More
Vaneshree Maharaj First images received from Meteosat 1, a European geostationary meteorological satellite, resulting in the birth of the satellite remote sensing centre (SRSC) at Hartebeesthoek. More
Vaneshree Maharaj Hermanus Magnetic Observatory participates in the International Magnetospheric Study (IMS) More
Vaneshree Maharaj The CSIR establishes the Satellite Remote Sensing Centre (SRSC) at Hartebeesthoek with a small group of people from the Joburg STADAN station and the equipment abandoned by NASA. More
Vaneshree Maharaj NASA withdraws operations from the Joburg STADAN station due to political instability in South Africa More
Vaneshree Maharaj The Hermanus Magnetic Observatory is incorporated into the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as an independent research unit. More
Vaneshree Maharaj Hermanus Magnetic Observatory participates in the International Quiet Sun Year (IQSY) More
Vaneshree Maharaj Joburg STADAN recorded the telemetry data of the Syncom 1 launch, unscheduled by NASA. Soon after the recording was made, all transmissions from Syncom 1 ceased abruptly and the data recorded by Hartebeesthoek were the only available of that critical period when the apogee rocket is fired to place the satellite into a geostationary orbit. The unscheduled recording enabled NASA to rapidly and with certainty determine the cause of the failure and allowed Syncom 2 to launch on schedule. More
