South Africa backs Russian proposal for Brics space council

Details are sparse, but council would build on existing cross-border space collaborations

The South African National Space Agency will support Russia’s proposal to establish a Brics space council featuring emerging economies, it confirmed in a statement on 10 June.

Sansa head Humbulani Mudau met with heads of space agencies from other Brics nations in Moscow in late May as part of the bloc’s committee on space cooperation, established in 2022 to formalise sharing agreements around space technologies and data.