The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is proud to have been part of the Local Organising Committee of the Group of Earth Observation (GEO) Week 2023 taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 6 -10 November 2023. The......
16 February, 2024
SANSA is hosting the South African Space Pavilion at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan, with pride. The IAC is an annual global event that convenes representatives from the space sector, including space agencies, the space industry,......
16 February, 2024
SANSA’S Earth Observation (EO) expert fire investigation team have recently released the assessment and analysis report of the fire that ravaged the area near Wolseley in the Western Cape from 22 – 30 January 2024. This report was generated with......
14 February, 2024
Dr Lee-Anne McKinnell: 30 December 1970 – 19 August 2023 Dr Lee-Anne McKinnell, Managing Director of the South African National Space Agency’s Space Science Programme and Sandbaai resident, passed away on Saturday 19 August 2023 after a short illness. Lee-Anne......
21 August, 2023It is appreciated that the attention garnered from a post regarding the intention of South Africa to train and send Astronauts to the International Space Station in a few years has created such interest and excitement amongst our citizens. The......
25 July, 2023
SANSA is proud to welcome Mr Humbulani Mudau as the new Chief Executive Office at the Agency from 1 April 2023. This is a significant day as the Agency also turns 12 years and is officially welcoming its third CEO......
29 March, 2023
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, hails as successful the swift response by the Department of Science and Innovation’s entities, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the South African National Space Agency (SANSA)......
29 March, 2023
A severe geomagnetic storm caused by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun arrived late on Thursday 23 March and continues to impact the Earth and its technological systems today. The CME was ejected from the Sun on Monday......
24 March, 2023
28 October 2022: The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in partnership with its strategic partner, South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) today launched a beta version of the Digital Earth South Africa data cube platform. SANSA is a......
28 October, 2022
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has released Satellite Imagery following the Jagersfontein Dam flooding in the Free State on 11 September 2022. Early on Sunday morning, a dam in Jagersfontein in the Free State Province burst its walls......
14 September, 2022