Important Roles in the NZ Space Ecosystem

Today different stakeholders exists in NZ working on different segments of the space ecosystem. Below are sample listings of past and current activities for each player in the NZ aerospace ecosystem. A more comprehensive listing of organizations today are in the NZ Space Directory

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User profiles

1. Students

2. Researchers and Faculty

3. Enthusiasts

4. Professionals/Entrepreneurs (In non space industries)

5. Investors

6. Space Entrepreneurs

7. Space Professionals

Maybe the Featured Article on Main Page
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/08/business/rocket-lab-reusable-rockets-spacex/

NZSpaceIndustry

State of the New Zealand Space Industry

The NZ Space Industry is at its infancy. However, just in less than two years since Rocket Lab successfully launched from the Mahia Peninsula, an increase in interest, activities and opportunities in the aerospace community has began to emerge. The following articles and resources capture the current state of the aerospace industry in New Zealand.

  1)       The Extraordinary Story of How New Zealand Entered the Space Race 
  1)       New Small Satellite Launch Market - Rocket Lab in the lead 
  1)       Why Space is Still the Place 
  1)       Space Solving Problems on Earth 
  1)       Our Place in the Space Race 
  1)       State of NZ Space Industry (SpaceBase Slides. Jan 2019) 

I'm just going to do something with this stuff and you guys can come in and change it in any way you like.

I'll keep the content largely in-tact.

It's going to be an all-nighter for me already.

Sorry, the above comment was for the Space Opportunities section. This one is a listing of what already exist and is happening.

The intent in this section are essentially opportunities they can do, participate or work on that are existing now in the current NZ space ecosystem.

My two cents on this. The listing entries are not Activities, so calling it activities doesn't seem accurate.

The closest to Activities we get is the indented bullets for things like the NZ Space Agency, where there are entries on Permits and Regulations.

Those are roles that the NZ space agency plays.

This page is currently primarily a directory listing. It's mostly organizations.

It is going to be hard to differentiate from the Directory on spacebase.co.

If someone is already here, it's going to be a real tough sell to say "go over there to add to a directory" That's not the least path of resistance, so it won't be followed. They will add here if anywhere.

The best thing I can say about this is that we could rename it to "Important Roles in the NZ Space Ecosystem"

If we differentiate in that manner, we will still primarily have a tiny directory, but we can focus people on "Roles" rather than "Organizations".

But to pass muster as a wiki article in most public wikis, it would have to be much more clearly defined as something other than a directory.

If it's about Activities or Roles or anything other than Organizations - then the taxonomy should be quit different - and the page should be outlined by that taxonomy.

NZ Space Activities

Today different stakeholders exists in NZ working on different segments of the space ecosystem. Below are sample listings of past and current activities for each player in the NZ aerospace ecosystem. A more comprehensive listing of organizations today are in the SpaceBase NZ Space Directory

Government

New Zealand

  1)       Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) 
  1)       New Zealand Space Agency 
     1) Space Policies and Regulations 
           1)          Regulations (The Outerspace and High Altitude Activities Act) 
           1)          Licences and Permits ( What you need for launching something into space) 
  1)       Xerra (Formerly Centre for Space Science & Technology) 
     Satellite Remote Sensing and Imagery Products CSST brokers for Planet, and Airbus remote sensing data.)

International

  1)       MBIE Innovation Partnerships with other Space Agencies 
  1) German Space Agency & Technology 
  1) Airbus 
  1) NASA 
  1)       NASA Sofia Flying Observatory in New Zealand 
  1)       US Antarctic Program based out of Christchurch Airport 
  1)       NASA High-Altitude Balloon Flights hosted at Wanaka 

Education and training

  1)       Sound of Space Debris 
  1)       High Altitude Balloon Flights 
  1)       CubeSat Competition 
  1)       UC Rocketry Group 
  1)       Cashmere High Satellite Club 

Outreach and Innovation

  1)       NZ Space Challenge 2018 
  1)       Act in Space 
  1)       Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (Find Astronomy Directory listings here ) 
  1)       SpaceBase (NZ Space Directory, Events Calendar, NZ Space Wiki, Space Projects Platform) 

Commercial

Space systems'' - designing, building, manufacturing, and operating components and systems based in space

  1)       Leo Labs 
     Space Debris Detection - First Southern Hemisphere Space Junk Radar to be built

Launch activities'' - designing, building, manufacturing and operating equipment and services related to the launch of space systems

  1)       Rocket Lab 
     Rocket Lab Launches & Firsts

  1)       1) First private orbital space port and launch facility 
     1) First 3D printed rocket engine 
     1) First battery driven rocket pump 
     1) 18 months from built to launch - Fleet Satellites & agile access to space 
     1) Dedicated Satellite Bus - Proton 
  1)       Dawn Aerospace 
  1)       Kiwi Orbitals 

Ground systems - ''designing, building, manufacturing and operating ground systems

  1)       AwaruaTracking Station - Planet ground station in NZ 
  1)       Lochiel Sat Ground Station - Spire Global 
  1)       Launch Complex 1 - Space Private Orbital spaceport in the world 

Space enabled services - ''designing, building, manufacturing and operating equipment, services and applications that require data or other services from space-based systems and components

  1)       Zenno Astronautics 
  1)       Kea Aerospace 
  1)       Orbica 

Ancillary services - ''professional services to support space-based activities

Research and development - ''space related research and development

  1)       Astronomy observations and discoveries 

User of space enabled services

  1) Agriculture Industry, Disaster Relief, Environmental Monitoring, Maritime Security 

Other

  1)       Extraterrestrial Power 

FAQs

I think this also needs some refactoring and the name needs love.

Opportunities sounds like something that a government organization would name a page they weren't sure how to name.

Most of this page is actually much closer to "Activities".

About 2/3 of the listing are activities/events, and the other 1/3 are organizations or job/internship listings.

Space Opportunities

Regardless of whether you are an enthusiast, a student, investor or entrepreneur, there are already existing opportunities today to get involved in the NZ space community. The following is a list of organizations and activities to participate in.

Sub sections:

General

  1)       Space Related Opportunities in New Zealand (NZSA) 

Community and Outreach

  1) Space Meetups 
     1) Wellington 
     1) Auckland 
     1) Christchurch 
     1)       Yuris Night (Host one in your city or region) 
     1)       Astronomical Societies (Join various) 
     1)       SpaceBase Community Platform (NZ Space Calendar) 
     1)       SpaceUp (The Space Unconference - host one) 
     1)       Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - SEDS (Create a chapter in your University and be part of the global community) 
     1)       Space Generation Advisory Council (Join the global community and represent NZ) 
     1)       NZ Astrobiology Network 
     1)       Christchurch Aerospace Centre 
     1)       NZ Student Space Association (National) 
     1)       NZ Student Space Association (Christchurch Chapter) 
     1)       The Martian Trust 

Challenges and Competitions

  1)       NZ Aerospace Challenge 2019 (Closing 15 Sept) 

Internships

  1)       NASA Internships 
  1)       Rocket Lab Internships 

Job Opportunities

  1)       Rocket Lab Job Openings 
  1)       Careers in Space 

FAQs

Space Education

While there are related degrees in physics, astronomy and mechatronics that are foundations for a career in aerospace, there is currently no existing aerospace engineering degree offered in New Zealand. However, there are several opportunities and programmes offered in country and globally that could be leveraged by any student or enthusiast who wish to enter into this very promising industry.

Primary and Secondary

  1)       Rocket Lab Workshops 
  1)       Space and Science Festival - Wellington 

Tertiary and University

  1)       Space Systems at the University of Auckland 
  1)       University of Canterbury College of Engineering 

Online

  1)       Aerospace Education 
  1)       Space Challenges Program Online (Biggest repository of space training videos in Europe.) 
  1)       SpaceBase: QGIS Training (More workshops in Youtube Channel) 

Global Opportunities

  1)       International Space University Southern Hemisphere Program (Jan-Feb Annually, Adelaide, Australia) 

FAQ

Space Entrepreneurship

If you are reading this section, then you must be interested in creating a space related business and wondering where to start. The list of technological opportunities below that contribute to the over all space industry supply chain is the first place to start:

Space Technology Market Opportunities (this is a summary of potential market opportunities.

Browse the SpaceBase NZ Space Directory to understand the existing space industry segments already in NZ and what products and services exist.

Putting your Idea into Action...

Startup Incorporation

  1)       Reserve your Company Name 
  1)       Register your Space Startup 
  1)       Create your Constitution (sample template) 
  1)       Apply for a Bank Account (sample) 

Space Incubators and Accelerators

Note: There is currently no dedicated aerospace incubator in NZ. The NZ Aerospace Challenge 2019 is running a virtual space incubator for the teams selected. Some of these teams (and those from last years Space Challenge) are currently incubated/mentored through:

  1)       UC Centre for Entrepreneurship/Xstart - Christchurch 
  1)       Te Ohaka - Centre for Growth and Innovation - Christchurch 
  1)       Johnson’s Corner - Taranaki 
  1)       GRID AKL - Auckland 
  1)       Petridish - Dunedin 

Mentorships

  1)       SpaceBase Limited - Aerospace professionals available for mentorship and consulting. 

Funding

  1)       Callaghan Innovation 
  1)       Royal Society of New Zealand 
  1)       Pitch Opportunities 
        1)          NZ Aerospace Challenge 
  1)       Investment Funds - MBIE 

Investors (Currently outside of NZ)

  1)       Space Angels 
  1)       Founders Fund 
  1)       Seraphim Capital 
  1)       Promus Ventures 
  1)       Bessemer Venture Partners 
  1)       Global Space Ventures 

Get Listed

  1)       NZ Space Directory - Locally  
  1)       New Space Hub - Globally