19 Apr NEPAD/ SANSA partnership targets growth and development in Africa
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Delegation from NEPAD Agency and SANSA at signing ceremony[/caption] The MoU signed today between NEPAD and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), will enable the provision of Earth observation products and services that support the implementation
12 Jan New head at helm of Space Agency
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="591"] Dr Val Munsami[/caption] Dr Valanathan Munsami has been appointed as a successor to Dr Sandile Malinga, as the new CEO for the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) effective from 3 January 2017. Dr Malinga left the Agency
10 Nov SANSA PARTNERS WITH THE GAUTENG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
In a ground breaking move to provide better and improved services to the people of Gauteng province, the Gauteng provincial government recently entered into a partnership with the South African National Space Agency. Through this partnership, SANSA will provide Gauteng government
28 Jul From Africa, for Africa – contributing to science and the world community
Early-career research excellence has again seen Dr John Bosco Habarulema, a space science researcher at the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in Hermanus, as the recipient of an award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) this time as
12 Jul Farewell to SANSA CEO
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[caption id="attachment_2722" align="alignleft" width="266"] Dr Sandile Malinga, CEO[/caption] After spending more than a decade in the South African space science and technology sector first as a researcher and then as senior manager/executive, Dr Sandile Malinga, Chief Executive Officer of the South
04 Feb First ground-based observations of sprites over South Africa
The South African National Space Agency recently recorded the first images of Sprites from Sutherland on 11 January 2016. Triggered by lightning, Sprites are optical gas discharges from the top of convective thunderstorm clouds at an altitude of 50-100 km. "Despite
15 Dec Read the new SAC Book here
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Satellite Application Centre (SAC) book The Satellite Application Centre (SAC) book was created in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the CSIR Satellite Applications Centre at Hartebeesthoek, now incorporated under the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and known as Space
16 Oct UKSPACE, SANSA, Airbus DS strengthen their partnership
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="624"] SANSA welcomes delegation from Airbus Defence and Space[/caption] On 12th of October 2015, a delegation from Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS) visited The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) Earth Observation (EO) directorate to review and
03 Sep SANSA Scientists train at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
A delegation of eight scientists from the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), Eskom and the Council for GeoScience are in Japan on for three weeks of advanced remote sensing training, principally on the use and analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)