HBK CHAT VOL 22 ISS 2 NEWSLETTER

Foreword

CHEERS TO GROWTH!

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What I love about life is that it is not constant. Whether or not we are aware of it, change is happening, every day, in us, through us and around us. My recent marker of change was on the 8th of June this year as I turned 60. This personal milestone reminded me that we don’t always have much to say about how or which change comes into our lives, but we have much to decide about how we respond to that change. We don’t have control over the pace at whichminutes turn to hours, hours to days, days toweeks, weeks tomonths, and months to years. But we can control what we do with whatever number of minutes are gracefully rendered to us. The year 2022 not only marks my sixth decade of life, but also my three and half decades in SANSA. I share more details

about this on P.6 and P.7 This year also ushered in two markers of success, the 12th year anniversary of hosting Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and Landsat’s 50 years anniversary at HBK ground station. KSAT has been a valuable client and remarkable partner throughout these years. These celebratory events are briefly captured on P.4 and P.9 With humility, I recognise that I have enjoyed an upward growth trajectory since joining SANSA through CSIR, moving from Technician to Technical Manager, Operations Manager and Managing Director. For this reason, I take delight in the growth of my team members. The recent one to highlight is the appointment of Betty Ntlhe as Shift Lead Technician. Betty joined SANSA in 2013 as

an Electronics Engineering In-Service Trainee and was appointed to a permanent role as Satellite Operations Technician in 2014. Her new leadership role is evidence that growth opportunities are everywhere. You just need to stay prepared for them. More on this on P.8. As you all know by now SANSA is changing, even our brand identity has just undergone a makeover. Familiarise yourself with our new logo on the back and front cover of this instalment. Brand manual will be shared once available. I hope you find inspiration to grow in each piece herein. Read on and cheers to growth! Raoul Hodges Space Operations MD

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