KiwiStar Optics secures contract for world’s largest optical telescope project
Wellington, New Zealand – 3 July 2026 – KiwiStar Optics, an Electro Optic Systems (EOS) company, has secured a multi-million Euro contract to manufacture critical optical components for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) – set to become the world’s largest optical and infrared telescope. Currently under construction in Paranal, Chile, the ELT is being developed […]
KiwiStar Optics appoints Julia Rothman as General Manager
KiwiStar Optics, an Electro Optic Systems (EOS) company, has appointed Julia Rothman as its new General Manager. Rothman brings more than two decades of international experience across space systems, defence capability development and advanced technology programs, having worked across the United States, New Zealand and global commercial space sectors. “I’m excited to be joining KiwiStar […]
KiwiStar Optics optical system to be used in Australian space research centre R&D project for bushfire resilience
KiwiStar Optics and EOS Space Systems will play an integral part of a research project co-funded by Smartsat CRC and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government. On 22 September 2023, Australia’s leading space research centre, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) announced a suite of new R&D projects and university appointments in support of the ACT […]
Victoria University degree in Space Science, a world first
By Anthony Young, CapitalNZ News Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington will become the first university in New Zealand to offer Space Science as an undergraduate major, fuelled by increasing interest in a growing national space industry. A focus on ‘near space’ makes it unique internationally. Dr Tulasi Parashar, one of the lecturers […]
KiwiStar Optics Exhibits at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022
After two years of COVID-19 restrictions, a team from KiwiStar Optics – Dr Andrew Rakich, myself and Dave Cochrane (pictured above) – took to the skies and headed to SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022 the symposium in Montreal, Canada. This prestigious event, which has the aim of advancing the field of astronomical engineering, attracts the world’s leading commercial and […]
EOS acquires precision optics provider KiwiStar Optics
Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited (EOS) has entered into an agreement with Callaghan Innovation to acquire the assets and hire the personnel of KiwiStar Optics (KSO). Announcing the agreement, Craig Smith, Chief Technology Officer of EOS said, “KiwiStar Optics is a unique global capability and a vital supplier to EOS. As Australian’s largest space company, we are delighted to […]
Revealing the wonders of deep space
More great work occurring between KiwiStar Optics and the Measurement Standards Laboratory of New Zealand (MSL) – New Zealand’s national metrology institute, all under one roof at Callaghan Innovation.
Over the MOON …
As a team we are over the moon about winning the design, manufacture and delivery of two collimator mirrors that form part of the spectrograph sub-systems.
Kiwi optics for a giant scope
A New Zealand company that specialises in high-tech optics is taking on the world. Earlier this year KiwiStar Optics produced one of the world’s largest astronomical lenses.
KiwiStar Weaves Large Lenses for the William Herschel Telescope
The Kiwi Star Optics Team is proud to be near the end of the successful multi-year project to manufacture optical components for WEAVE.