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3596. [ edit on Wikidata] Space Place at Carter Observatory (or simply Space Place) is an observatory in Wellington, New Zealand, located at the top of the Wellington Botanic Garden . The site was originally home to the Wellington City Observatory (nicknamed "The Tin Shed"), established in 1924. This was demolished and replaced by the Carter ...
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 (also known as Mahia Launch Complex or Spaceport) is a commercial spaceport located close to Ahuriri Point at the southern tip of Māhia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand 's North Island. It is owned and operated by private spaceflight company Rocket Lab and supports launches of the company's Electron ...
The Sky Tower is a telecommunications and observation tower in Auckland, New Zealand.Located at the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets within the city's CBD, it is 328 metres (1,076 ft) tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, [4] making it the second tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere, surpassed only by the Autograph Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia ...
The launch took place off the coast of New Zealand, from the private island (Great Mercury Island) of Michael Fay, a New Zealand banker and Rocket Lab investor. [45] In December 2010, the company was awarded a U.S. government contract from the Operationally Responsive Space Office (ORS) to study a low cost space launcher to place CubeSats into ...
New Zealand Space Agency's head office on Stout Street, Wellington (the former Defence House). The New Zealand Space Agency is an agency within the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) charged with "space policy, regulation and business development" relating to space activities in New Zealand.
Motu Move. Motu Move is a contactless fare payment system in development as the National Ticketing Solution (NTS) for New Zealand. It is contracted to the American company Cubic and is expected to begin rollout in Timaru in 2024 and be available nationwide by 2026. [1] The aim is to achieve a nationally consistent payment system, with a choice ...
Awarua Satellite Ground Station (formerly Awarua Tracking Station) is an Earth station built initially to support the European Space Agency Ariane 5 ES ATV ( Automated Transfer Vehicle) launch campaigns. It was established by Venture Southland in 2007. It is owned and operated by Invercargill-based Space Operations New Zealand Ltd (trading as ...
This list ranks buildings in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, by height. The tallest skyscraper with continuous occupiable floors is the PwC Tower at Commercial Bay, which rises 180.1 metres (591 ft). However, the tallest structure is the Sky Tower, an observation tower which rises 328 metres (1,076 ft).