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News on TPA-1 Mission
The TPA-1 CubeSat mission from University of Auckland’s Te Pūnaha Ātea – Space Institute (TPA-SI), serves as a technology demonstration and a validation of in-house processes and infrastructure for mission development, delivery and operations. It is the first of a planned series of missions aimed at building capacity for future, application-led missions and demonstrates our…
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NZ’s first 3U CubeSat, TPA-1 ships to Netherlands
The team at the Space Institute have worked incredibly hard to assemble and integrate TPA-1, the first kiwi made 3U cubesat. The TPA-1 satellite has 3 payloads: a drag sail for deorbiting, a deployable boom aka “the selfie stick” and Earth Observation cameras.TPA-1 was packaged and shipped to the Netherlands today, where it will be…
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New Zealand’s Space industry: a discussion with Phil Goff
Chris Jackson, the director of the Mission Operations and Control Centre at Te Pūnaha Ātea – Space Institute, caught up with Phil Goff about New Zealand’s Space industry. They discussed the value of the industry, jobs and our contribution to the global space economy. Check out the full post on LinkedIn here.