MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release 29 June 2023 Baadjies and Carolus, First Locals Digging Ground in SANSA Matjiesfontein Hendrik Baadjies and Raymond Carolus are the first Matjiesfontein (MTJ) residents to get involved in the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) deep space ground station
The South African National Space Agency will be supporting the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre’s mission to land their Rashid Rover on the surface of the moon on 25 April 2023. The Rashid Rover is the first Lunar mission by the
04 March 2022 On Wednesday, 2 March 2022, the SANSA Space Operations team at Hartebeeshoek supported the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) T mission aboard the Atlas 5 (AV-095) rocket. GOES-T is a new weather satellite by National Oceanic and Atmospheric
31 Aug 2020 Amidst the global Covid-19 pandemic and a financial recession, the South African government has secured funding for a number of strategic infrastructure projects as part of its effective economic recovery plan. Digital infrastructure investment has ranked as a
[caption id="attachment_6104" align="aligncenter" width="860"] SANSA CEO Valanathan Munsami (right) with NASA’s Marcus Watkins (left) signing the Martjiesfontein study agreement[/caption] In a recent statement from the virtual meeting held by the South African cabinet, the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has
The SANSA facility in Hartebeesthoek is part of an international effort to track Chandrayaan 2 and ensure that it will land safely on the Moon.
SpaceOps 2020 Abstract submissions for posters and oral presentations now open! The organising committee of the SpaceOps 2020 conference, invite you to submit your abstract and papers to the upcoming 16th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps 2020) which will be
SANSA hosted a delegation from the Russian State Space Corporation (ROSCOSMOS) at Hartebeeshoek.
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On 15 November 2018, SANSA hosted General Charles Bolden, the United States Science Envoy and former NASA Administrator, at the ground station in Hartebeeshoek.