by mset705 | Apr 23, 2024 | 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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
