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 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