16337 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Space

16337 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Space: What briefings, reports, aides-memoire, or other documents, if any, did she or her office receive about the reasons for the delays to full data transmission from the MethaneSAT satellite, and delay of its handover to the University of Auckland, prior to the NZ Space Agency's statement to RNZ in October 2024?

Hon Judith Collins: Corrected reply: I received the following documents with content relating to MethaneSAT, and any possible delays, prior to the NZ Space Agency’s statement to RNZ in October 2024: Items: 1. Weekly Report – Space, “MethaneSAT Update” (03/07/2024) 2. Weekly Report – Space, “MethaneSAT Update” (14/08/2024) 3. Weekly Report – Space, “MethaneSAT Update” (10/10/2024) 4. Email – “Briefing on MethaneSAT issues” (11/10/2024) 5. Weekly Report – Space, “MethaneSAT Update” (31/10/2024)