{"id":168363,"date":"2018-06-30T01:53:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T05:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=168363"},"modified":"2018-06-30T01:53:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T05:53:59","slug":"phs-1st-cube-satellite-to-be-launched-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/30\/phs-1st-cube-satellite-to-be-launched-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"PH’s 1st cube satellite to be launched Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: The Philippines’ first cube satellite, Maya-1, is set to be rocket-launched to the International Space Station (ISS) at 5:41 p.m. (Philippine Standard Time) on Friday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato dela Pe\u00f1a told the Philippine News Agency (PNA). (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— The Philippines’ first cube satellite, Maya-1, is set to be rocket-launched to the International Space Station (ISS) at 5:41 p.m. (Philippine Standard Time) on Friday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato dela Pe\u00f1a told the Philippine News Agency (PNA).<\/p>\n

“It will be released in the orbit by August,” he said, adding that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will hand over Maya-1 to ISS.<\/p>\n

Maya-1 was developed by two Filipinos — Joven Javier and Adrian Salces — who are both PhD students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) in Japan.<\/p>\n

“(Maya-1) is too small, about 10 cubic centimeters, but it can do a lot,” dela Pe\u00f1a said.<\/p>\n

Albeit small, he noted that it contains an Automatic Packet Radio Service Digipeater, which can communicate with ham radios. The cube satellite, in fact, also carries two cameras.<\/p>\n

These cameras, he said, have a wide angle and narrow angle lenses, which are used to capture images and videos for research purposes.<\/p>\n

The DOST chief added that inside Maya-1 is a low-cost GPS (global positioning system) commercial off-the-shelf chip and a magnetometer to measure the magnetic field in space.<\/p>\n

“So it’s small but it carries a lot,” dela Pe\u00f1a said, noting that the main purpose of Maya-1 is to log data corruption incidents due to space radiation.<\/p>\n

Maya-1 is among the three cube satellites that will be launched on Friday. The other cube satellites were from Malaysia and Bhutan.<\/p>\n

“The three cube satellites are under the 2nd Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Project of Kyutech,” he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, dela Pe\u00f1a said there might be a second Philippine cube satellite. However, what the DOST is preparing for now is the launch of Diwata-2 within the year.<\/p>\n

Diwata-2 is the Philippines’ second microsatellite, which is lighter and more cubic than the Diwata-1. Compared with the Diwata-1, Diwata-2 will be launched at a higher orbit via an H-IIA rocket that launches satellites into a geostationary orbit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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