Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory in South Africa. Credit: Thunyiwe Mohaule / HartRAO
- This Sunday it was announced that South Africa will join the international JIVE (Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe) radio astronomy research institute, with the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory and the KAT-7 facility in Karoo providing data. “We are most excited that this collaboration will aid in promoting South Africa’s commitment to the science of astronomy and forge more international science relations,” said National Research Foundation deputy CEO Dr. Gansen Pillay.
- South Africa’s Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor is expected to announce soon whether the nation will put another satellite into space. South Africa is part of the African Resource Management Constellation, a group of African countries that are putting satellites into space for earth observation; South Africa has not yet contributed a satellite to the constellation.
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