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The University of Cape Town (UCT) is still the top university in Africa according to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, where it occupies the 200th position out of over 1000 institutions ranked worldwide.
SpaceLab faculty Scott Madry, Joseph Pelton, Rene Laufer and Peter Martinez have published a book titled Innovative Design, Manufacturing and Testing of Small Satellites.
Professor Joseph Pelton, a regular presenter of SpaceLab courses, has received the Lifeboat Foundation’s Guardian Award for his efforts to raise awareness of the dangers of potentially catastrophic damage to the world’s vital infrastructure caused by violent solar storms.
UCT SpaceLab student Alexander Gairiseb has contributed a chapter to a book in space law just published by Springer in collaboration with the European Space Policy Institute.