(Quezon City, 11 June 2021) The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Friday in a virtual signing ceremony held simultaneously in Quezon City and Tokyo. The signing was led by PhilSA Director General Dr. Joel Marciano, Jr., and JAXA President Dr. YAMAKAWA Hiroshi. […]

PH eyes having new Earth Observation satellite in space by 2023 The Philippines is gearing up for its next generation of satellites. Sustaining the gains from the country’s microsatellites DIWATA-1 and DIWATA-2, plans are underway to have a bigger  Earth Observation satellite that can capture operational-quality – images of approximately 100,000 km2 of land area daily. […]

MANILA/VIENNA, 04 JUNE 2021 – The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have signed an agreement on space cooperation to strengthen the institutions’ shared commitment to the peaceful uses of outer space.  Signed by PhilSA Director General Joel Marciano Jr. and UNOOSA Director Simonetta di Pippo, the Memorandum […]

The Philippines’ newest satellite has taken flight and is ready to take on its mission. Maya-2, a cube satellite (CubeSat) made by Filipino engineers studying in Japan, was released to space from the International Space Station (ISS) on March 14, 2021 at around 7:20 p.m. PHT. This latest development follows the CubeSat’s launch to the space station aboard a Cygnus NG-15 rocket (S.S. Katherine Johnson) on February 21, 2021, together with CubeSats Tsuru (Japan) and GuaraniSat-1 (Paraguay).