The South African National Space Agency

About

Daily they can be found using computers, mobile phones and needing to travel to many places for business or pleasure. They watch satellite TV (DSTV) and often check the weather to identify what outfit to wear to the office or if the soccer match will be rained out. All this is done without much thought to how these gadgets and gizmos operate or if they will stop being there. The reality is that their technologies stem from the investment of Governments and organisations on space science, technology and engineering. Should these contributions not exist, they would not have mobile phones, internet, GPS, DSTV, ATMs, meteorological forecasting and safe land, air or sea travel, to name a few services they utilise daily. All these rely on satellites positioned around the Earth. Their understanding of their planet through Earth observation is also significant to ensure they may better plan their infrastructure and housing developments, manage their natural resources, mitigate against natural

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Pretoria, South Africa