Aerospace Stories
Stories about New Zealand space companies, rocket builders and the people behind them.
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Christchurch Aerospace Startups
It’s not obvious why a mid-sized city at the bottom of the South Island became a centre of gravity for aerospace, but Christchurch has.
Noteworthy Staff1 week ago
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What Is a High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS)?
A high-altitude platform station, HAPS, is an aircraft or airship that operates in the stratosphere for long periods, doing some of the jobs we normally.
Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
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Dawn Aurora: The Spaceplane Aiming to Make Suborbital Flight Repeatable
The Mk-II Aurora is Dawn Aerospace's uncrewed, rocket-powered spaceplane: built to take off from a runway, fly toward the edge of space and land again like an aircraft, ready to fly the same day.
Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
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Kea Aerospace: The New Zealand Company Building Aircraft for the Stratosphere
There’s a gap in how we observe the Earth from above. Satellites are powerful but expensive, locked to their orbits and can’t linger over one spot..
Noteworthy Staff3 weeks ago
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Dawn Aerospace: The New Zealand–Linked Space Company Building Aircraft-Like Access to Space
Most space companies are judged by launches, the rocket, the countdown, the plume. Dawn Aerospace is trying to make that the wrong question. Its bet is.
Noteworthy Staff3 weeks ago
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What Is a Spaceplane?
A spaceplane is a vehicle that combines features of an aircraft and a rocket: it can fly to the edge of space (or beyond) using rocket power, but takes.
Noteworthy Staff3 weeks ago
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