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February 8, 2021

• Vaneshree Maharaj

What’s trending at SANSA?

  SpaceOps 2021 will be virtual and free SpaceOps 2020 could not be hosted in 2020 and has transformed to SpaceOps2021 – Virtual Edition and will be hosted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic SpaceOps 2021 Virtual Edition will

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February 8, 2021

• Vaneshree Maharaj

SANSA celebrates 10 years of space development for South Africa

        On 9 December 2010, the Department of Science and Technology committed to a formal space programme for South Africa with the launch of the South African National Space Agency (SANSA). [caption id="attachment_8636" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Minister of

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February 8, 2021

• Vaneshree Maharaj

Space data crucial against COVID-19 and climate crises

        For the first time in its 71 year history, the International Astronautical Congress (AIC 2020) took place virtually, with organisations and governments involved in the space sector joining online sessions while socially-distanced all over the globe.

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February 8, 2021

• Vaneshree Maharaj

Johnny Rizos – 23 years of science advancement

        Johnny Rizos started working for the CSIR’s Satellite Applications Centre (SAC) in 1997 as an operator tracking low Earth orbit satellites. Four years later, Rizos moved to the Earth Observation department at SAC, where he processed

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February 8, 2021

• Vaneshree Maharaj

Instrumentation network for safer African skies

        SANSA has installed instrumentation that provides space weather data for the aviation industry in four African countries so far. The African Instrumentation Network (AIN) provides essential information about space weather events that could interfere with the

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February 8, 2021

• Vaneshree Maharaj

SANSA scientist discovers secret hidden in the northern lights

        South African researchers have discovered an elusive phenomenon called anti-black aurora in the stunning light shows of the Arctic circle’s night skies. Amoré Nel, postdoctoral researcher at SANSA, named and described the new phenomenon in her

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February 8, 2021

• Vaneshree Maharaj

SANSA and ASSAf to drive knowledge economy through science

     SANSA and the Academy of Sciences South Africa (ASSAf) will be working together through science engagement, research, scientific advice and other activities to shape the future of South Africa’s youth. Having worked with SANSA on a number

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