Photo from: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
DIWATA-1, the first Filipino microsatellite, is set to launch today at 11AM (Philippine time).
You can watch the live stream below.
According to the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines:
The potential uses of the first all-Filipino assembled microsatellite include: improved weather detection and forecasts, disaster risk management, detecting agricultural growth patterns, and the monitoring of forest cover, mining, protection of cultural and historical sites, and the territorial borders of the Philippines.
Props to the engineers and crew who made DIWATA-1 possible!
