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As part of its long-term goal to nurture the emerging space technology industry in the Philippines, researchers from the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ASTI) successfully communicated with Diwata-2 through the latest addition to our space infrastructure, the Iloilo Ground Receiving Station (GRS).

The team of researchers led by DOST-ASTI Director Franz A. de Leon visited the Iloilo GRS from 27 July to 04 August 2022 to personally observe the operation of the facility. During the visit, the team conducted testing, validation, and initial operations of the ground receiving station. The team also met with Dumangas Mayor Braeden John Biron to discuss possible collaborations to better deliver the service.

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First Philippine university-built satellites designed and developed by the first batch of scholars under the (STAMINA4Space) Program decommissioned.

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The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is marking its third anniversary this August with a month-long lineup of capacity-building activities. The celebration, themed Sama-samang Pagbangon Gamit ang Kaalaman Mula Kalawakan, will highlight the crucial role of end-users in harnessing information from space to benefit and empower communities. PINAS, or the PhilSA Integrated Network for Space-Enabled Actions towards Sustainability will visit Palawan province for the second leg of the project’s pre-implementation workshops this August in Puerto Princesa City. The PINAS project envisions communities empowered through the utilization of the full value chain of space data; the project is designed to enable various sectors to sustainably access space data according to their needs. The workshop is set to invite representatives from LGUs, regional government agencies, non-government organizations, and the academe involved in sectors where space data would be valuable for policy making. “We will be inviting representatives from the agriculture, DRRM, environment conservation, planning, and national security sectors to introduce the potential of space-based technologies in aiding them in the fulfillment of their mandates and daily operations,” Jamaica Pangasinan, PINAS project leader and PhilSA SMCOD Senior Science Research Specialist said.

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The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), the Department of Science and Technology- Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) have taken the first steps toward financial inclusivity through satellite internet. 

On 28 and 29 July 2022, technical teams from PhilSA, DOST-ASTI, and BSP initiated the test deployment of the satellite internet service provided by iOne Resource, Inc. in two rural banks in Batangas–The Progressive Bank of Malvar and the Rural Bank of Cuenca. The said banks have earlier been identified by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to be situated in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDAs), where installation of additional terrestrial networks to boost connectivity may not be feasible.