Stellenbosch - “Viva! SumbandilaSat, viva!” is gisteraand in dié dorp geskree terwyl Suid-Afrika se satelliet met ’n knal van vonkelwynproppe en handegeklap die ruimte ingestuur is.Betrokkenes en belangstellendes het hardop die laaste 10 sekondes voor lansering saam afgetel. Hulle het saamgedrom in die Reitz-saal by die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se fakulteit ingenieurswese. Die satelliet is presies om 18:55:07 by Baikonoer in Kazachstan met die Sojoes II-vuurpyl gelanseer. Lees meer... The near-earth region of space is now our backyard, and our backyard makes money for us. Every moment of the day, there are international telephone and television signals streaming into space, to be relayed back down anywhere on the globe. But that is not all - there are also earth resources satellites watching the ground.They can record floods, veld fires or other natural disasters, and they also monitor and measure such diverse factors as the position of fish schools in the sea, the extent of desert encroachment, the extent of human settlements, and the nature of developed farmland. Read more The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) has invested R50-million in South African satellite systems manufacturer SunSpace and Information Systems (SunSpace), to allow it to increase its capacity and improve its competitiveness in the aerospace market. SunSpace is the builder of the Sumbandilasat microsatellite that is scheduled for launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan later this year. Read more Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has confirmed that the South African government expects the country's Sumbandila microsatellite (SumbandilaSat) to be launched next month.
Viva! juig Eikestad en SumbandilaSat is eindelik op pad
Second SA-made satellite to be launched into space
NEF buys into SunSpace
SA govt expects Sumbandila satellite launch in weeks
The launch, she told the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium at the University of Cape Town, on Monday, "is planned for August 2009 from Russia". Read more