satellites

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 November 201911 December 2024

New Zealand’s space sector contributed $1.69 billion to the economy in the last financial year, according to a report commissioned […]

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. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 15 July 201916 July 2019

July 21 (NZT) will mark 50 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the Moon. It was […]

In the News | Published: 04 March 201905 March 2019

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace manufacturer has sent the Dragon capsule into space for its first test flight with a sole […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 June 201812 February 2019

Antarctica has lost about 3 trillion tonnes of ice since 1992, which corresponds to a sea-level rise of around 8 […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 January 201811 April 2018

Rocket Lab successfully launched its Electron rocket and deployed satellites into orbit this afternoon, a milestone for the company and […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 26 May 201703 August 2018

Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket yesterday from the Māhia Peninsula. #ItsaTest ©Rocket Lab Despite not reaching orbit, the company […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 23 May 201711 December 2024

Yesterday marked the start of the ten-day window in which Rocket Lab will attempt to launch its Electron rocket from […]

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, […]

In the News | Published: 23 February 201703 August 2018

No-one knows how to drum up excitement before an announcement quite like NASA. This morning they announced the discovery of […]