Space Science – Sisi Afrika Magazine

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025

A Soviet Era Spacecraft, Kosmos 482, Is Plunging Down to Earth 53 Years After It Was Launched

Kosmos 482’s story began at the height of the Cold War-era Space Race, when the United States and the Soviet Union competed for dominance beyond Earth.

by Sisi Afrika Magazine -

August 5, 2024August 3, 2024

Space Science

East Africa grows its Space opportunity

As East African countries grow their investment in satellite technology for communications, defence, security, research, disaster management and weather forecasting, the region is also growing as a launch and test site for the industry.

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Space Science

Astronomers Used Machine Learning to Mine Data From South Africa’s MeerKAT Telescope

Machine learning is helping astronomers to work through this data quickly and more accurately than poring over it manually. Perhaps surprisingly, despite increasing reliance on computers, up until recently the discovery of rare or new astrophysical phenomena has completely relied on human inspection of the data.

by The Conversation April 11, 2023April 8, 2023

Space Science

Construction of the World’s Largest Telescope Underway in South Africa

Construction of Africa's largest science experiment, known as the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) - a telescope, which comprises two giant telescopes made up of over 130,000 antennas and 200 satellite dishes at observatories in Australia and South Africa - is officially underway

by Sisi Afrika Magazine - December 9, 2022December 8, 2022

Space Science

African Scientists and Technology Could Drive Future Black Hole Discoveries

We were the only two of more than 300 EHT team members based on the African continent. The continent doesn’t host any EHT telescopes – we were brought on board because of expertise we’ve developed in preparation for the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), to be co-hosted by South Africa and Australia.

by The Conversation May 19, 2022May 18, 2022