Mr. Raoul Hodges, Managing Director of Space Operations,
oversees the Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C)
and Earth Observation Centers' operational execution. He
has vast experience handling multinational programs and
agreements that involve satellite data. The data is
primarily used in South Africa and the SADC region under
the Spot 5 open access contract, which has served the
Earth observation community for more than five years. He
has collaborated with several multinational space
businesses to invest in and co-locate ground segment
equipment at Hartebeesthoek, thereby raising South
Africa's image in the global space industry.