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New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA)

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The New Zealand Space Agency (NZSA), established in 2016, is the government agency responsible for space policy, regulation, and business development within New Zealand. Functioning within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), the NZSA supports space-related activities, including launches from Rocket Lab's facilities, and fosters international research collaboration. It has partnerships with organizations like NASA, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and the Australian Space Agency, focusing on areas like Earth observation and space situational awareness.

gov civilFounded 2016
New Zealand
www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/space
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The New Zealand Space Agency offers grants for developing space educational resources and established the New Zealand Space Scholarships program.

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The National Reconnaissance Office worked closely with the New Zealand Space Agency, which licensed the NROL-199 launch, and with Rocket Lab as the launch provider.

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The NRO worked with the New Zealand Space Agency, which licensed Rocket Lab’s launch of NROL-162.

RelationshipsLegalValue 4.0Jul 12, 2022NRO space missions mark new level of US-Australia cooperation

LeoLabs and the New Zealand Space Agency are developing a cloud-based Space Regulatory and Sustainability Platform.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Aug 5, 2021New Zealand and LeoLabs sign multiyear deal for Space Regulatory platform

The New Zealand Space Agency has embedded the Space Regulatory and Sustainability Platform into its space operations to track individual satellite positions and orbits, view historical orbit records, obtain reports on changes in satellite orbits, and receive alerts when a satellite is not complying with its licensing agreement.

LegalCapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Aug 5, 2021New Zealand and LeoLabs sign multiyear deal for Space Regulatory platform

LeoLabs began developing the Space Regulatory and Sustainability Platform with the New Zealand Space Agency in 2019.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Aug 5, 2021New Zealand and LeoLabs sign multiyear deal for Space Regulatory platform

New Zealand established the New Zealand Space Agency in 2016.

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Peter Crabtree, head of the New Zealand Space Agency, signed the Artemis Accords in a ceremony in Wellington, New Zealand.

GovernanceLegalValue 3.5Jun 1, 2021New Zealand signs Artemis Accords

Maxar is partnering with the New Zealand Space Agency to organize an event over the weekend of 2021-04-17-18, 2021.

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The New Zealand Space Agency helped ensure the CAA certification will work in combination with a high-altitude vehicle license to provide access to suborbital space.

LegalValue 3.4Dec 8, 2020Suborbital Spaceplane Flight OK’d For Dawn Aerospace

The New Zealand Space Agency was established in 2016.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.0Oct 24, 2019New Zealand Space Agency aims for sustainability, agility, collaboration

The New Zealand Space Agency plans to pursue national space missions that leverage small spacecraft to expand capabilities in space.

PlanCapabilityValue 2.2Oct 24, 2019New Zealand Space Agency aims for sustainability, agility, collaboration

LeoLabs created a tool to help the New Zealand Space Agency monitor satellites in low Earth orbit.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.8Aug 5, 2019LeoLabs unveils commercial satellite tracking service for small satellites

LeoLabs developed the Space Regulatory and Sustainability Platform, the world's first dedicated regulatory platform for Low Earth Orbit, as a joint initiative with the New Zealand Space Agency.

GeneralRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 25, 2019LeoLabs and New Zealand Space Agency Unveil Regulatory Platform for Low Earth Orbit

Initially, the New Zealand Space Agency will use the new platform to monitor satellites in orbit.

CapabilityValue 2.0Jun 25, 2019LeoLabs and New Zealand announce tool to monitor low Earth orbit activity

LeoLabs created a tool to help the New Zealand Space Agency continuously monitor satellites in low Earth orbit.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jun 25, 2019LeoLabs and New Zealand announce tool to monitor low Earth orbit activity
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