EISCAT consists of 6 sophisticated high-power (mega-watt range) radars located in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The Grahamstown station has been in existence since 1973, Louisvale and Madimbo have been in operation since 2000, and Hermanus became operational in 2008.

The project is funded by and in collaboration with the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and fully aligns with South Africa’s SBAS strategy.

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Current Conditions. SANSA and DigitalGlobe host the Open Innovation Challenge to increase Earth observation applications in the public and private sphere in South Africa, for improved commercial competitiveness as well as societal benefit. The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is currently looking for three volunteers to take to Antarctica.

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Tel: 028 312 1196 As the take-over occurs under harsh conditions and hard physical labour has to be executed, candidates must be physically fit and mentally strong. DemoGRAPE is using cutting-edge technology to assess ionospheric delay and ionospheric scintillations in the polar regions, installed and operated at the South African base in Antarctica, SANAE IV, since 2015. South Africa– Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican Number: 2005/028472/07.

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Cabinet greenlights NASA/SANSA study for deep-space ground station, Tracing trends in South Africa’s air quality, SANSA keeping an eye on the South Atlantic Anomaly splitting in two. SANSA Antarctic adventurers took SciFest Africa learners on a virtual tour of the South African Antarctic research base SANAE IV and showed what life is like in the coldest, windiest, most remote part of the world.

thesouthafrican.com is The SBAS-Africa programme is testing a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) to demonstrate the benefits of SBAS capabilities in Southern and Eastern Africa.

Fax: 028 312 2039 To participate or find out more information on the 2018 SA Earth Observation Challenge, visit the website. The SANAE IV research base is built at Vesleskarvet.

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Software and data is shared between the three partners using cloud computing infrastructure. More information on the island and human activities there can be found at: http://www.sanap.ac.za.

“Since mid-Feb, a XinaBox environmental monitoring rig (our flagship XK01 kit) has been placed […] SANSA collaborates with the aviation sector and government to address the impact of space weather on aviation over the African region and meet the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requirements. Shortlisted applicants will have to undergo a full medical screening, including a dental examination at SANSA’s cost. Email: spacesci-info@sansa.org.za, Tel: 012 844 0500 This includes developing an aviation space weather advisory, expanding the SANSA Space Weather Centre to an operationalised environment, adding real-time navigation and radiation alert products to SANSA’s product offering, training aviation users on space weather information, and integrating space weather into air traffic management systems. Postal: Blue Sky Publications (Pty) Ltd T/A TheSouthAfrican, PO Box 44354, Claremont, 7735, South Africa, United Kingdom– Blue Sky Publications Ltd – Company Registration Number: 04683692.



Public Service Information Photo: MATHILDE BELLENGER/AFP/Getty Images. Fax: 012 334 5001 In sharp contrast to the white surroundings, its colour is normally black or dark brown and, in some cases, able to support some sort of life, for instance mosses, algae, a few insects or birds, such as Roberts’Kollen own Snow Petrel colony some 25 km from the SANAE IV base. Check it out and if you think you have what it takes to live and work in Antarctica then keep an eye out for our call for Antarctic Volunteers for the next Take-Over. After Norway’s announced that its base (Norway Station) in Queen Maud Land would be evacuated in 1959 and after South Africa had, on 1 December 1959, signed the Antarctic Treaty, together with 11 other countries, the first South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) departed early in December of the same year on the Norwegian ship, the Polarbjorn, to take over the Norwegian base. In 2016, the French space agency CNES awarded SANSA with a contract to host one of four new antenna systems at the Hartebeesthoek facility, reiterating the trust between SANSA and CNES that has been built over almost 35 years of working together. Email: information@sansa.org.za, Tel: 012 334 5000 Check it out and if you think you have what it takes to live and work in Antarctica then keep an eye out for our call for Antarctic Volunteers for the next Take-Over. The Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) magnetometer network project aims to record and evaluate very small geomagnetic signatures using SQUID magnetometers in a magnetically quiet environment. The challenge has two objectives: increasing awareness of the use of Earth observation data to support evidence-based decision-making, and stimulating the development of innovative applications, particularly by SMMEs and start-ups.

It is believed that these volunteers will assist in the team’s research at South Africa’s SANAE IV research base at Vesleskarvet. The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is currently looking for three volunteers to take to Antarctica. SANSA was created to promote the use of space and strengthen cooperation in space-related activities while fostering research in space science, advancing scientific engineering through developing human capital, and supporting industrial development in space technologies.

Vesleskarvet is a nunatak which is a rocky outcrop peeping out of a snowy surface. Any individual with a background in science and/or engineering can apply for this ‘experience of a lifetime’. The inward-curving magnetic field lines at the pole provide the perfect opportunity to do space particle research.

The South African Ionosonde Network consists of four ionosonde stations (Grahamstown, Louisvale, Madimbo and Hermanus), equipped with Digisonde 4D Ionosondes (specialised radar to study the ionosphere). Fax: 012 844 0396

Address: Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Approach, London, SW6 4TJ. The ship reached the Antarctic coast near the base on 8 January 1960 and commenced its return voyage seven days later, after the South Africans had been deployed at the Norwegian base. This project is a collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch, University of Avignon, University of Savoy, and the Low Noise Laboratory (LSBB) in France. Blocks of ice drift on the water off the coast of Collins glacier on King George Island, Antarctica on February 1, 2018. Using instruments such as magnetometers, GPS receivers and a suite of instruments that monitor very low frequency (VLF) waves, researchers study the near-Earth space environment, particularly the disturbances to the Earth’s magnetic field caused by solar activity. The Agency is responsible for operating a distributed network of research infrastructure used for monitoring the near-Earth space environment over Southern Africa, Indian and Atlantic ocean, and Antarctica. The exciting ‘take-over’ trip was recently advertised on their official website and forms part of their mandate to coordinate and integrate national space science and technology programs for the benefit of the citizens of South Africa. Participants can read more, register and get submission support at https://saeochallenge.com/. The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) bid farewell to a team of scientists and engineers as they departed on the SA Agulhas II for Antarctica on 28 November 2013. antarctica sansa cruise. The competition is looking for novel uses of Earth observations gathered by satellites. The SQUID located at SANSA in Hermanus forms part of a future network that could identify lightning and sprite magnetic signatures, Schumann resonances and possible seismic precursors.

It is open to any South African citizen, whether an experienced space entrepreneur or someone who can envision how this data can be used to address food security, water security, environmental sustainability or urban resilience issues.