Philippine Space Agency

MATA-Cloud: A Cloud Detection and Dynamic Attitude Correction Evaluation Software

by Vanessa Tan, Julie Ann Banatao, John Leur Labrador, Lia Cristina Mabaquiao, Floyd Ferrant Fortes, Marc Caesar Talampas

A significant fraction of captured satellite images are not usable for certain applications due to high cloud cover percentage. To address this problem, cloud detection and dynamic attitude correction algorithms... Read more

Assessing the Effects of Orbital Shift on Diwata-2 Microsatellite Operation through Simulations

by Kristian R. Monay, Fritz Rhaem M. Olivar, Benjamin Jonah P. Magallon, Matthew R. Medrano, Francisco Miguel B. Felicio, Shielo N. Muta, Czar Jakiri S. Sarmiento

Researchers from the STAMINA4Space Program and PhilSA assessed the effects of orbital shift on the Diwata-2 microsatellite’s operation They researched on the effects of orbital drift on the current issues... Read more

Development of an Operating Strategy for On-Demand Earth Observation Missions of the Diwata-2 Microsatellite

by Edgar Paolo Violan, Yuji Sato, Yuji Sakamoto, Shinya Fujita, Julie Ann Banatao, Toshinori Kuwahara, and Kazuya Yoshida

During their stay at the Tohoku University, Diwata-2 engineers Engr. Edgar Paolo Violan and Dr. Julie Ann Banatao, collaborated with the members of the university’s Space Robotics Laboratory (composed of... Read more