Explore South Africa’s space history

Explore the SANSA Space Operations in Hartebeesthoek

A field trip to SANSA Space Operations in Hartebeesthoek to explore Africa’s oldest and most advanced ground station.

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.

The research and work carried out at SANSA focuses on Earth observation, space science, space engineering and space operations. Much of this work involves monitoring the Earth for policy and decision making, resource and disaster management, food security and national security.

SANSA also provides state-of-the-art facilities to monitor space weather, provide launch support and data downloads as well as supporting the growth of the local space industry.