In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise—

"Agency"

means the South African National Space Agency established by section 2;

"Board"

means the Board of the Agency contemplated in section 6;

"Chief Executive Officer"

means the person appointed as such in terms of section 14;

"Department"

means the Department of Science and Technology;

"GEPF"

means the Government Employees Pension Fund;

"GEPL"

means the Government Employees Pension Law, 1996 (Proclamation No. 21 of 1996);

"Minister"

means the Minister responsible for science and technology;

"national space science and technology strategy"

means any strategy determined in terms of section 3;

"satellite imagery"

means photographs of the earth or other planets in visible colours and other spectra by means of artificial satellites;

"space"

means the area beyond the earth's measurable atmosphere;

"Space Affairs Act"

means the Space Affairs Act, 1993 (Act No. 84 of 1993);

"space mission applications"

means the usage and dissemination of data retrieved from spacecraft sensors;

"space mission operations"

means the day-to-day management of spacecraft;

"space science"

means any of several scientific disciplines that study phenomena occurring in the upper atmosphere, in space or on celestial bodies other than Earth;

"this Act"

includes any regulation made in terms of section 19.