November 2025 marks a major milestone for South African and global astronomy — the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) celebrates 20 years since its inauguration on 10 November 2005. As Africa’s Giant Eye on the Sky, SALT has transformed our view of the Universe and inspired generations of scientists, students, and visitors alike.

Learn about SALT’s history, its impact and the decade ahead in the anniversary brochure (also available as a high resolution version).

The SALT strategic objectives brochure (also available as a high resolution version) outlines how SALT is achieving its objectives for science, science and industry, and science and society.

The SALT info sheet highlights what data you can get from SALT and how you can get observing time (also available as a high resolution version).

SALT is owned by a consortium of international partners. See the partner leaflet for all the details (also available as a high resolution version).

The SALT science brochure (also available as a high resolution pdf) gives a brief overview of SALT and highlights its scientific focus areas.

The SALT Strategic Plan, published in June 2018, sets out the vision and mission of SALT, briefly discusses the current status of the science and instrumentation and presents the SALT strategy for the next five to ten years.

The SALT fact sheet offers a quick overview of SALT’s instruments, site, science, software and partners.