by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Nov 30, 2020 | Good Tech
The first Philippine-made Maya-1 nanosatellite developed at the University of the Philippines has successfully completed its mission and re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere after 2 years, exceeding its projected travel in outer space. The cube satellite that is...
by Blesilda Dela Cruz | Apr 23, 2020 | Good Tech
Unreleased photos from Diwata-1 and Diwata-2 scientific Earth observation microsatellites of the Philippines were posted for the first time to mark Earth Day 2020. The STAMINA4Space / PHL-Microsat Facebook page released the 10 images of various countries captured by...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Apr 12, 2020 | Good Tech
The Philippines’ first microsatellite, Diwata 1, completed its space mission after four years and has re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Diwata 1’s earth observation space mission exceeded expectations of its projected 1.5 years lifetime and finally...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Oct 16, 2018 | Good Tech
Diwata-2, the Philippines’ second microsatellite project, is scheduled to be launched to outer space in October 2018. The PHL-Microsat report said the targeted date of launch is set on October 29, 2018 between 12:08 to 12:30 GMT+08 from the Tanegashima Space Center in...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Jun 2, 2015 | Good Balita
The Philippines is set to launch its first satellites by the years 2016 and 2017. These satellites will be the first Philippine micro satellites and also the first to be designed and built by Filipinos. The Philippine satellite launch into space will be led by the...