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Satellite to measure methane emissions – Expert Reaction

Satellite to measure methane emissions – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 November 201908 November 2019

Mission control for an international space mission to locate and measure global methane emissions will be based in New Zealand. […]

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In The News: Counting albatrosses from space

In the News  |  Published: 08 May 201711 December 2024

The number of Northern Royal albatrosses living on some rocky sea-stacks near the Chatham Islands have been counted from space, […]

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NZ Company reveals low cost rockets

In the News  |  Published: 30 July 2014

New Zealand based company Rocket Lab has unveiled its low cost rocket, Electron, which they claim will revolutionise the commercial […]

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Solar storm – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 March 201209 March 2012

Two solar flares that occurred on the sun on 7 March have caused a large cloud of charged particles (a […]

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NZ Herald: Anthony Doesburg – Eyes in the skies keeping track of events below

In the News  |  Published: 28 February 2011

Anthony Doesburg writes in the New Zealand Herald about how New Zealand could make far greater use of satellite images, […]

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Newsletter Digest: Kepler launch, when science stories go bad, SMC is hiring

Blog  |  Published: 18 February 2011

Spacecraft’s progress tracked from NZ The Johannes Kepler unmanned spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station after […]

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Nelson Mail: Satellite helps cave rescues

In the News  |  Published: 01 March 2010

The Nelson Mail reports on the successful testing of a new technology to help rescue stranded and lots cavers. The […]

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