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.
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.
- 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
- July 29, 2026 at 10:16:01 UTC