# South African National Space Agency
*agency . companies*

## Specifications
- **operator domains**: ["sansa.org.za"]
- **country**: South Africa
- **website**: https://www.sansa.org.za
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"agency","operator_domains":"[\"sansa.org.za\"]","country":"South Africa","website":"https://www.sansa.org.za"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is South Africa's government space agency, established on 9 December 2010 under the South African National Space Agency Act of 2008.[^wiki-sansa][^sansa-about] It reports to the Department of Science and Innovation and operates programmes in Earth observation, space operations, space science, and space engineering.[^sansa-about] SANSA's EO-relevant mission record includes SumbandilaSat, an 82 kg microsatellite launched on 17 September 2009 with an MSI multispectral imager, and ZACube-2, a 3U CubeSat launched on 27 December 2018 with a medium-resolution imager, AIS, and near-infrared forest-fire detection payload.[^wiki-sumbandilasat][^eoportal-zacube2] ZACube-1 and ZACube-2 should be treated as collaboration cases with CPUT/F'SATI rather than direct SANSA-operated EO assets.[^wiki-zacube1][^eoportal-zacube2]

## Sources
- [wiki-sansa] | South African National Space Agency - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_National_Space_Agency | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
  Founding date, mandate, headquarters, leadership, SumbandilaSat and SUNSAT missions
- [sansa-about] | About SANSA - sansa.org.za | https://www.sansa.org.za/about-sansa/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
  Official agency profile; CEO name; four programme areas; Space Weather Regional Warning Centre
- [sansa-engineering] | SANSA Space Engineering - sansa.org.za | https://www.sansa.org.za/space-engineering/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
  EO-Sat1 development mentioned; satellite engineering programme details
- [eoportal-zacube2] | ZACube-2 - eoPortal Mission Profile | https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/zacube-2 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
  ZACube-2 mission specs; 3U CubeSat; imager + AIS + NIR; CPUT/F'SATI/SANSA; launched 2018-12-27
- [wiki-zacube1] | ZACube-1 - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZACube-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
  ZACube-1 specs; 1U CubeSat; CPUT; SANSA collaboration; launched 2013-11-21
- [wiki-sumbandilasat] | SumbandilaSat - Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SumbandilaSat | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
  SumbandilaSat mission details; 82 kg; MSI imager; launched 2009-09-17; solar storm damage 2011

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