New Zealand’s first satellite designed and built by university students is about to be launched into space via Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle.

by cqua819 | Nov 14, 2020 | Uncategorised

University of Auckland students conceived, designed and built the satellite which they have named Te Waka Āmiorangi o Aotearoa (the New Zealand satellite vessel) APSS-1. It will be lofted to sun-synchronous orbit at 500 km altitude as one of 30 satellites aboard...

PhD student Darcey Graham presents “Low Thrust transfers to Interplanetary Trajectories” at AAS/AIAA 2020 Specialist Conference

by cqua819 | Aug 15, 2020 | Uncategorised

Darcey is leading Te Pūnaha Ātea’s research on interplanetary trajectory optimization, and as part of this work has obtained an Earth-Venus trajectory, optimized assuming a low delta-v thrust system. Watch Darcey’s presentation...

InSCIght: Science in Space

by cqua819 | Dec 16, 2019 | Uncategorised

Read more about “Science in Space” and the role of the University of Auckland’s Space Institute: Te Pūnaha Ātea in the 2019 edition of InSCIght magazine.

New professor at Auckland wins major award for cleaning up space junk

by cqua819 | Dec 2, 2019 | Uncategorised

Professor Guglielmo Aglietti has joined the Faculty of Engineering as the inaugural director of Te Pūnaha Ātea – Space Institute.

NZ’s space sector heading towards being a billion dollar industry

by cqua819 | Dec 2, 2019 | Uncategorised

Te Pūnaha Ātea – Space Institute Aerospace engineer Dr. John Cater was recently interviewed by Newstalk ZB about New Zealand’s growing space industry. You can listen to the full interview here.