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Friday 29th of March 2024

Advancing Core Competencies and Expertise in Space Studies Nanosat Project (ACCESS Nanosat)

About ACCESS Nanosat

The Advancing Core Competencies and Expertise in Space Studies Nanosat Project, or ACCESS Nanosat, provides an opportunity for Filipinos to pursue a master’s degree with specialized courses in space systems engineering and satellite engineering. It offers a chance to become a part of a satellite project that will design and develop the next CubeSat of the country. The CubeSat project is funded, managed and supervised by PhilSA in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (UP EEEI). Engineers and scientists from PhilSA will mentor and guide the successful applicants in the overall process of satellite development.

In ACCESS Nanosat, the selected team members will gain hands-on experience and training in a satellite project while undertaking the nanosat engineering track under the Master of Science or Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (MS/MEng EE) program of the UP EEEI, National Graduate School of Engineering (NGSE). The track includes special lectures and technical training on satellite mission planning, design, development, testing, and operation to be conducted at the UP EEEI, which hosts nanosatellite activities.

The team members-students will be supported by scholarship grants of the PhilSA AD ASTRA Scholarships upon application and acceptance into the scholarship program.

Through ACCESS Nanosat, PhilSA continues the country’s nanosatellite research, development and educational activities in an academic setting previously undertaken (second iteration about to complete) by the Space Science and Technology Proliferation through University Partnerships (STeP-UP) Project under the STAMINA4Space Program funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

Program Updates

Filipino students, researchers complete 2nd project milestone for Maya-7

by Philippine Space Agency on 13 July 2023

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), in collaboration with the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) and four Philippine universities, successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Maya-7 satellite project on 29 June 2023.  Maya-7 is a 2U CubeSat (two-unit cube satellite) being developed through the […]

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PhilSA announces winners of Nanosat Mission Idea Contest

by Philippine Space Agency on 4 November 2022

Researchers and students from the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), De La Salle University (DLSU), and Cebu Technological University (CTU) have topped the 2022 Nanosatellite Mission Ideas Contest (NMIC) of the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). The NMIC is a competition opened to Philippine university students and […]

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Nanosat Mission Idea Contest 2022

by Philippine Space Agency on 25 August 2022

Be part of the next Philippine nanosatellites’ missions! Students, researchers, and faculty members from Philippine universities and colleges are invited to join the Philippine Space Agency’s 2022 Nanosat Mission Idea Contest.  The competition aims to provide the academic community a chance to propose mission ideas for the nanosatellite that will be designed, developed, built, launched, […]

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The PhilSA ACCESS Nanosat Project

by Philippine Space Agency on 13 April 2022

The University of the Philippines Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (UP EEEI) has been building expertise and proliferating know-how in nanosatellites in the country through the Space Science and Technology Proliferation through University Partnerships (STeP-UP) Project under the STAMINA4Space Program funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), and supported by the Science Education […]

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