{"id":151107,"date":"2018-02-05T01:40:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T06:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=151107"},"modified":"2018-02-05T01:40:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T06:40:57","slug":"diwata-2-microsatellite-to-be-launched-in-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/05\/diwata-2-microsatellite-to-be-launched-in-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwata-2 microsatellite to be launched in outer space"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The project focuses on capability building, development and launch of a two 50-kg class microsatellites called Diwata-1 and Diwata-2 into space. (Photo by DOST-Advanced Science and Technology Institute<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — The Philippines will soon launch in outer space its second microsatellite called the Diwata-2, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara said.<\/p>\n

She told the Philippine News Agency that the DOST will launch Diwata-2 this year from Japan, though no specific date has been set yet.<\/p>\n

“What’s good about about the Diwata-2 is that it carries more refined instruments, and it also has an amateur radio made in the Philippines,” she said.<\/p>\n

Guevara noted that most of the parts of Diwata-1, the country’s first microsatellite, were crafted in Japan.<\/p>\n

“This time, the microsatellite would carry something that was made here,” she added.<\/p>\n

A team of Filipino engineers was sent to Japan to undergo an extensive course on microsatellites.<\/p>\n

They made the Diwata-1 that was launched in outer space on April 27, 2016.<\/p>\n

Diwata-1 weighs 50 kilograms and its size is similar to a \u201cbalikbayan” box.<\/p>\n

It was created to capture images used for research and remote sensing.<\/p>\n

The same team of engineers is working on the Diwata-2.<\/p>\n

DOST officials earlier described Diwata-2 as lighter and more cubic.<\/p>\n

It will be launched at a higher orbit via an H-IIA rocket that launches satellites into a geostationary orbit.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Guevara said the DOST will also open the country’s first microsatellite laboratory this year.<\/p>\n

“Through this laboratory, we would be able to make our own microsatellite by next year,” she said.<\/p>\n

The Filipino engineers who created the Diwata-1 and Diwata-2 worked with engineers from Hokkaido University and Tohoku University in Japan.<\/p>\n

Guevara said the microsatellite laboratory to be launched by the third quarter of 2018 could be found at the University of the Philippines.<\/p>\n

“This would be open to everyone since it’s a national facility,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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