2024 – Space

Te Pūnaha Ātea – Space Institute team at the New Zealand Aerospace Summit 2024

Author By mset705
Publication date October 4, 2024
Categories: events

Te Pūnaha Ātea – Space Institute attended the New Zealand Aerospace Summit in Christchurch on the 23rd and 24th September.The team had the pleasure of attending focus sessions on regulatory and certification of new space technologies, listening to startups and their experiences in the aerospace industry and the latest academic research and development.On the second…Continue Reading Te Pūnaha Ātea – Space Institute team at the New Zealand Aerospace Summit 2024

Preliminary MethaneAIR data now available

Author By mset705
Publication date August 15, 2024
Categories: MethaneSAT

MethaneAIR will measure methane in the atmosphere, alongside MethaneSAT. MethaneAIR is specially equipped jet that has been measuring methane from oil and gas sources across North America. You can find the publicly available data here and read more about MethaneAIR here….Continue Reading Preliminary MethaneAIR data now available

Minister for Space- Judith Collins visits Te Pūnaha Ātea – Space Institute

Author By mset705
Publication date April 23, 2024
Categories: Uncategorised

TPA-1, the first 3U cubesat from Aotearoa, New Zealand! 🛰 Whilst still on the ground, TPA-1 snapped this shot in our assembly facility with the Minister for Space, Hon Judith Collins KC , alongside our very own Guglielmo S. Aglietti and Ben Taylor. It was a pleasure to host the Minister for Space and her…Continue Reading Minister for Space- Judith Collins visits Te Pūnaha Ātea – Space Institute

Spacecraft Operations- A chat with the people behind the screens of Mission Control

Author By mset705
Publication date March 14, 2024
Categories: MethaneSAT, MOCC

Today, our Senior Operations engineer Vernon Lewis and our Junior Operations engineer Mahima Seth spoke to Alexia Russell from the newsroom. You can find the article here, along with a podcast featuring Vernon and Mahima, who talk about the upcoming MethaneSAT mission, which will be operated from the Mission Operations and Control Center (MOCC)….Continue Reading Spacecraft Operations- A chat with the people behind the screens of Mission Control

MethaneSAT launched!

Author By mset705
Publication date March 8, 2024
Categories: MethaneSAT

After a successful SpaceX Falcon9 launch, MethaneSAT is now in orbit! 🌌🛰️ Read the official post here….Continue Reading MethaneSAT launched!

University to operate methane tracking satellite

Author By mset705
Publication date March 5, 2024
Categories: MOCC

New Zealand is poised to take an active role in the MethaneSAT space mission through the new Mission Operations and Control Centre (MOCC) at Te Pūnaha Ātea-Space Institute at the University of Auckland.The global methane tracking satellite, MethaneSAT, is scheduled to launch soon from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.Designed to help combat climate…Continue Reading University to operate methane tracking satellite