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25 Oct CEO is new VP on IAF

Posted at 08:34h in News by Admin_Sansa

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1152"] IAF Federation[/caption] The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) was founded in 1951 to foster dialogue between scientists around the world and support international cooperation in all space-related activities. It is the world's leading space advocacy body with over

25 Oct Meet the new Managing Director for SANSA Earth Observation directorate

Posted at 07:29h in Earth Observation, News by Admin_Sansa

Ms Andiswa Mlisa joined SANSA as the Managing Director of Earth Observation directorate on the 1st October 2017. Before joining SANSA, she was a Department of Science and Technology's Senior Science and Technology representative to the Group on Earth Observation

03 Oct SANSA and Airbus hosts the Open Innovation Challenge

Posted at 08:13h in Earth Observation, News by Admin_Sansa

SANSA partnered with the Innovation Hub Company and Airbus Defence and Space to host a Business Development Workshop as part of the 2nd annual Open Innovation Challenge at the Innovation Hub on 12-13 September 2017. This event provided a platform for

29 Sep SANSA and DLR Renew their Space Collaboration Interests

Posted at 05:31h in News by Admin_Sansa

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="448"] LtoR - Hansjorg Dittus (DLR exec Board); Pascale Ehrenfreund (DLR Chairman) and Dr Val Munsami (SANSA CEO)[/caption] On 27 September 2017, on the margins of the 68th International Astronautics Conference (IAC) taking place in Adelaide, Australia, the

02 Aug SANSA-JICA collaboration for Earth observation capacity building

Posted at 12:32h in Earth Observation, News by Admin_Sansa

In line with SANSA's mandate to expand human capacity development opportunities to the public sector and the entire Earth observation community in South Africa, the agency took a delegation of ten SA scientists to Japan for a four weeks training

24 Jul AfriGEOSS Symposium delivering Earth observation for policy and sustainable societal impact in Africa

Posted at 09:00h in Earth Observation, News by Admin_Sansa

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) sent two representatives, Mr Imraan Saloojee and Mrs Naledzani Mudau, to the 2017 AfriGEOSS Symposium held in Sunyani, Ghana, on the 12-15 June 2017. This 2nd symposium took place under the theme: Delivering

18 Jul Earth Observation Researcher, Mr Mahlatse Kganyago’s paper published in the International Journal of Remote Sensing

Posted at 13:25h in Earth Observation, News by Admin_Sansa

Titled: EO spectrometer helps to identify relevant bands for early detection of famine weed. A recently purchased Spectral Evolution field spectrometer by Earth Observation directorate was put to task in a quest to identify relevant spectral bands for early detection of

04 Jul SA joins BRICS Remote Sensing Satellite Constellation

Posted at 13:23h in News by Admin_Sansa

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1280"] SA delegates at the BRICS meeting in China[/caption] The South African National Space Agency (SANSA), the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), the State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (ROSCOSMOS), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the China National Space

26 Jun SA scientists tour Japan

Posted at 09:09h in Earth Observation, News by Admin_Sansa

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="960"] A group of ten scientists from South Africa departed from the OR Tambo International Airport on Saturday, 24 June 2017, for a four week training and study tour in Japan.[/caption] The delegation is comprised of SANSA's stakeholders

07 Jun A successful orbit delivery & tracking

Posted at 07:16h in News by Admin_Sansa

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="299"] SANSA Project team[/caption] On 1 JUNE 2017 - Japan deployed the first of three navigation satellites it intends to launch in the next year, sending a 4.4-ton (4-metric ton) spacecraft on the way to a high-altitude orbital