SANSA hopes to stimulate and make the national space sector sustainable over the next decade through an investment of just over R1.5 billion into developing profitable space services.
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Dear Valued Stakeholder, in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has reached our shores and following the decision by our President, H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, declaring a National Disaster, we assure you that we have taken every precautionary measure and will continue to do so to help limit the spread of the virus.
We wish to reassure you that our highest priority remains the health and safety of our Stakeholders and Team Members and we are implementing appropriate action to ensure that there is appropriate hygiene standards in all SANSA facilities for anyone using our facilities.
Unfortunately, we have had to postpone many of our planned meetings and events, including SpaceOps 2020. We have also restricted visits to our facilities by the public and external clients, as an added precautionary measure. We remain committed to ensuring that we will continue to offer services with minimal disruption to our customers; except where it is beyond our control.
SANSA team who contributed to this award from left: Dime Kekana, Lesiba Tsoeleng, Nale Mudau (project leader), Morwapola Mashalane, Mahlatse Ganyago, Nosiseko Mashiyi, Asanda Lamba and Willard Mapurisa SANSA is very proud to have received this award on South Africa’s behalf
SANSA’s Science Centre in Hermanus celebrated 15 years of science outreach with new interactive space exhibits, like a space weather touch table and a replica of South African satellite, SumbandilaSat.
SANSA plans to build a new engineering design facility that will bring immense benefits to the space industry in South Africa. The European Space Agency (ESA) already has such a facility and has been sharing lessons learnt over 20 years
This year marks 50 years since man first set foot on the Moon, a feat celebrated by the International Astronautical Congress held in Washington DC, United States, in October 2019. SANSA attended the week-long event to show that South Africa
In 2019, SANSA Space Operations supported 22 international satellite launches and received data from over 4 500 satellite passes.
South Africa’s space sector remains fertile ground for growth, both economically and technologically, despite the country’s current economic slump. This was a key take home message from the second annual Space for National Development conference (SND 2019), hosted by SANSA
This is Amal Khatri’s philosophy: a person must first understand, “who am I?” before they can solve the world’s problems. “It's important that we understand our individual roles and the decisions we take for the long term sustainability of the planet,”