The squadron's initial focus will be on monitoring, analyzing and understanding space activity to safeguard national and international interests.

The RNZAF has created its first space squadron dedicated to addressing the country’s security and interests in the fast-changing space domain.

The No. 62 Squadron's initial focus will be on monitoring, analysing, and understanding space activity.

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New Zealand is urging progress on sustainability in space mining as the country becomes the 11th worldwide to sign on to the NASA-led Artemis Accords to explore the moon and beyond.

New Zealand became the eleventh signatory to the Artemis Accords, a blueprint for space cooperation and supporting the US space agency’s plans to return humans to the moon by 2024.

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The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has established its first unit – No 62 Squadron – dedicated to space operations.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force has established its first dedicated space unit, within a squadron that hasn’t been active since World War II. The 62 Squadron, which originally supported Allied ...