Philippines to launch new satellite in 2018by UNTV | Posted on Tuesday, October 24th, 2017
https://www.untvweb.com/news/philippines-launch-new-satellite-2018/MANILA, Philippines — In 2017, the first Filipino-made microsatellite Diwata 1 was launched in Japan. It is now being used to take pictures of Earth.
By mid-2018, the Philippines is again set to launch into space its second microsatellite Diwata 2.
The satellite was developed within a year by seven Filipino scholars.
According to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the Diwata 2, which passes through the Philippines twice a day, can be used for a duration of up 12 to 18 months.
It has the size of a big balikbayan box with four cameras that can take pictures and provide details of anything with a size of three meters.
This is an improved version with some capacity for communication, it’s like a radio and of course better cameras in place,” said DOST Sec. Fortunato de la Peña
Diwata 2 can be used for the analysis of climate and weather in the country, and for national security purposes like conducting surveillance in the West Philippine Sea.
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