The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), and the European Union (EU) launched today (24 April 2023) the Copernicus Capacity Support Action Programme for the Philippines (CopPhil) worth approximately Php 610 million or €10 million.   The first space cooperation programme in the region, this new initiative will help Philippine […]

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) participated in the 5th Philippine-Japan Maritime Dialogue held on 29 March 2023.    Both the Philippines and Japan exchanged views on the latest maritime situation in South China Sea, East China Sea, Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait. In matters related to Maritime Cooperation, both countries discussed the ASEAN-Japan […]

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is monitoring debris from the Long March 4C rocket confirmed to have launched on Friday, 2:27 PM Philippine time, from Jiuquan Space Launch Center in Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia. Expected unburned debris discarded before the rocket entered outer space is projected to have fallen approximately 398 kilometers from Bajo de […]

Remote sensing (RS) is an integral method in monitoring air quality to aid in mitigating the adverse effects of air pollution on public health and the environment. Satellites offer a vantage point to observe variables that complement readings from air quality sensors on the ground. One of these remote sensing tools that provide data on […]

Following the oil spill caused by the sinking of the MT Princess Empress vessel on 28 February 2023 off the coast of Oriental Mindoro, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) produced maps showing the possible oil spill extent derived from satellite images. These images were retrieved from the International Charter Space and Major Disasters (Disasters Charter), […]

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) announced today that it is utilizing Starlink, the satellite network developed and operated by SpaceX, as part of PhilSA’s INCENTIVISE project, or the Introducing Non-Geostationary Satellite Constellations Test Deployment to Improve Internet Services. PhilSA launched the INCENTIVISE open call in October 2021 with the aim of shining the spotlight on […]

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) unveils the official mission patch of the Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment or MULA Satellite. Jaden Tomacruz, a 20-year-old Multimedia Studies student from the University of the Philippines Open University, created the mission patch. Jaden’s work bested 21 other entries in the MULA Mission Patch Contest opened in October 2022 […]

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to jointly implement a project that will create a geospatial database of the country’s natural resources, and monitor the National Greening Program through the use of spaceborne data. The MOA was signed on Monday at […]

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), together with the Russian Embassy in Manila, held a live Ask a Cosmonaut session with students from Quezon City Science High School (QCSHS) on Wednesday at the Conference Room of QCSHS. Over a hundred senior high school students and science teachers participated in the session, featuring the space mission stories […]