Philippine Earth Data Resources Observation Center

Philippine Earth Data Resources Observation Center
Established 2017
Research type Satellite ground station
Location Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Affiliations Department of Science and Technology
Operating agency
 Advanced Science and Technology Institute

The Philippine Earth Data Resources Observation Center, abbreviated as PEDRO, is a satellite ground station situated at the Department of Science and Technology–Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST–ASTI) facility at the University of Philippines Diliman in Quezon City, Philippines.[1]

It is part of the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Micro-satellite (Phil-Microsat) program by the Department of Science and Technology, which includes the deployment of the Diwata-1 and Diwata-2 microsatellites.[2]

Set to be operational by the time Diwata-2 is in orbit in late 2017 or early 2018, the PEDRO station serves microsatellites under the Phil-Microsat program, as well as receive information from commercial satellites.[3]

The ground station was initially planned to be located inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Subic, Zambales.[4] This plan was reportedly changed in March 2016, with the ground station to be built in Diliman, Quezon City instead. Construction began in 2016[5] and PEDRO became operational by June 2017.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Usman, Edd (5 June 2017). "How Diwata-2 is better than PH's first satellite, Diwata-1". Rappler. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Yee, Jovic (12 January 2015). "1st PH-made satellite set to go into space". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Icamina, Paul (28 March 2016). "'Diwata' a step closer to orbit". Malaya. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Ranada, Pia (10 March 2015). "Introducing Diwata, the first Philippine-made satellite". Rappler. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Ronda, Rainier Allan (24 March 2016). "US aircraft with Philippines's first microsatellite launched into space". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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