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world ’s first private orbita l launch range located on the Ma hia Peninsula. Now, over 1700 New Zealand companies assist Rocket Lab in ma king its frequent commercial satellite launches happen . “It’s an exciting time for the space sector,” says Australian Space Agency Deputy Head, Anthony Murfett, “The technology is smaller, cheaper and the cost to get to space ha s come down.” What thi s means for you is that the re is a huge range of different space industry opportunities to explore. For example, you cou ld become a software engineer and custom des ign the code needed to launch rockets into space or ma ke satellites function. Or, build softw are to analyse rea l-time data from launch vehicle s and gat her info to help develop the next genera tion of rockets.
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