Published March 14, 2021, 9:15 AM
Maya-2, along with two other cube satellites–Japan’s Tsuru and Paraguay’s GuaraniSat-1–under the fourth Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project or BIRDS-4 Project, is set to be deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, March 14, at 5:25 p.m., the STAMINA4Space has announced.
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BIRDS-4 Project is a global small satellite development project under a strategic partnership pact between the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) and the Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA).
On Feb. 21, 2021 at 1:36 a.m. (local time), the 1.3 kilogram-cube satellite was successfully launched into space aboard the S.S. Katherine Johnson Cygnus spacecraft. The 1.3 kilogram-cube satellite was successfully launched together with the nanosatellites of Japan and Paraguay at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Station in Virginia, United States and was eventually launched to the ISS
Published March 14, 2021, 5:40 PM
This afternoon’s release of Maya-2, the country’s fourth satellite and second nanosatellite. to space from the International Space Station (ISS) will be delayed for more than one hour, the Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) said Sunday, March 14.
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“The release of Maya-2 will be delayed, the schedule has been adjusted to 6:50 p.m.,” DOST-ASTI Chief Science Research Specialist Alvin Retamar told the Manila Bulletin in a Viber message.
He said the reasons for the delay were not cited.
It was earlier announced that Maya-2, along with two other cube satellites–Japan’s Tsuru and Paraguay’s GuaraniSat-1–under the fourth Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project or BIRDS-4 Project, was set to be deployed into orbit from the ISS on Sunday, March 14, at 5:25 p.m.
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DOST-ASTI Chief Science Research Specialist Alvin Retamar said Maya-2, along with the two other cube satellites under the fourth Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project or BIRDS-4 Project, is set to released in space from ISS on Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
“The BIRDS-4 Satellites (Maya-2 Philippines, Tsuru [of] Japan, and GuaraniSat-1 [of] Paraguay) are scheduled to be released in space from the International Space Station on Sunday, March 14, 2021, 5:30 p.m. (Phillippine Standard Time),” he said in a Viber message.
BIRDS-4 Project is a global small satellite development project under a strategic partnership pact between the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) and the Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Published February 25, 2021, 8:09 PM
The PH started its space technology development program only in 2014.
• The Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite program is the country’s first initiative in developing its capacity in space science and technology.
• During its four-year program life, it successfully launched two microsatellites: Diwata-1 and Diwata-2; and a nanosatellite, Maya-1.
• Succeeding microsatellites Diwata-3 and Diwata-4 and nanosatellites “are now in various stages of development, and which will be built substantially in the Philippines.
• Maya-3, Maya-4, Maya-5, and Maya-6 already in their respective design and development phases.
• What’s inside Maya-2: A camera for image and video capture, an Automatic Packet Reporting System Message Digipeater (APRS-DP), attitude determination and control units for active attitude stabilization and control demonstrations, Perovskite solar cel