Ionospheric maps
Building regional ionospheric maps for Zimbabwe using GNSS observations and modelling techniques.
Space Science
Space Weather
Understanding how the Sun and near-Earth space environment affect technology over Zimbabwe — from GNSS positioning to communications and research.
Why it matters
Space weather and Zimbabwe
Space weather describes conditions in the Sun–Earth system that can disturb radio signals, satellite operations, and precision positioning. For a nation investing in GNSS, satellites, and digital infrastructure, understanding those conditions is a practical necessity.
ZINGSA’s Space Science division champions research on space environments — including space weather monitoring and forecasting that supports technology users across the country.
Observation
Ionospheric monitoring & GNSS
GNSS techniques help map the ionosphere over Zimbabwe, study scintillation, and assess how ionospheric variability affects positioning accuracy.
Scintillation studies
Investigating signal scintillation that can degrade GNSS performance for surveying, aviation, and precision agriculture.
CORS synergy
Continuously Operating Reference Stations provide GNSS data streams that support both positioning services and ionospheric research.
Infrastructure
From CORS to ionospheric insight
ZINGSA’s CORS network delivers accurate real-time positioning nationwide. The same GNSS foundation enables integration of Zimbabwean data into ionospheric models and assessment of space-weather impacts on users.
Capability
Services & research focus
- Space weather monitoring: Tracking events that affect satellites, radio systems, and GNSS users
- Forecasting support: Research toward better anticipation of disruptive space conditions
- Ionospheric variability: Assessing impacts relevant to surveying, navigation, and communications
- Education: Scientific and outreach programmes that grow national space-science capacity
- Broader Space Science: Space physics, astrophysics, and planetary science alongside applied monitoring