University of Waikato Astronautics Club
Student-driven astronautics club at the University of Waikato that designs, manufactures, tests, and launches high-powered rockets and runs astronautics activities for students. Its Takahē competition rocket completed repeated New Zealand test flights and represented the university at the 2025 Australian Universities Rocketry Competition, while the club continues supporting the university’s 2026 CanSat programme. At AURC 2026, Project Te Hōkioi placed eighth in the 10,000-foot COTS category; the organizer also lists Project MOA as a 30,000-foot COTS entry.
Identity
- Field
- High-powered rockets, propulsion, avionics, payloads, and flight testing
- Name
- University of Waikato Astronautics Club
- Region
- OC
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- Student-driven astronautics club at the University of Waikato that designs, manufactures, tests, and launches high-powered rockets and runs astronautics activities for students. Its Takahē competition rocket completed repeated New Zealand test flights and represented the university at the 2025 Australian Universities Rocketry Competition, while the club continues supporting the university’s 2026 CanSat programme. At AURC 2026, Project Te Hōkioi placed eighth in the 10,000-foot COTS category; the organizer also lists Project MOA as a 30,000-foot COTS entry.
- Latitude
- -37.7858739
- Location
- Longitude
- 175.3167665
- University
Links
- Website
- https://www.uwac.nz/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 10:16:01 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:48:02 UTC