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PH-made cube satellites to be launched to space with NASA's SpaceX mission

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="From the DOST Facebook page" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/08/28/maya-3-maya4.jpg"/><figcaption>From the DOST Facebook page</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA— Two cube satellites, Maya 3 and Maya 4, will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday afternoon, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has said. </p><p>The DOST said this is the first time that two Philippine-made cube satellites would be lofted together. The satellites, which will gather ground data, among others, will be launched at 3:37 p.m., Manila time.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/15/21/2nd-ph-cube-satellite-maya-2-released-to-space">READ: 2nd PH cube satellite Maya-2 released to space</a></li></ul><p>The launch is part of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration&#x27;s (NASA) SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), according to information on NASA&#x27;s and DOST&#x27;s platforms.</p><p>&quot;The CubeSats will leave Earth aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s Dragon C208 as part of the SpaceX Commercial Resupply Mission-23 (SpX-23),&quot; the science department said in a Facebook post. </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/DOSTASTI/posts/4168396446578703?__tn__=%2CO*F" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The resupply services are part of the &quot;scientific research and technology demonstrations&quot; which aimed to aid experiments aboard ISS, a separate <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/spacex-23-research-highlights">explanation </a>from NASA read. </p><p>&quot;Experiments aboard include an investigation into protecting bone health with botanical byproducts, testing a way to monitor crew eye health, demonstrating improved dexterity of robots, exposing construction materials to the harsh environment of space, mitigating stress in plants, and more,&quot; NASA added. </p><div><strong>MAYA 3 AND MAYA 4</strong></div><p>Maya 3 and Maya 4 were developed under the STAMINA4Space program through the support of DOST, the University of the Philippines Diliman, the Kyushu Institute of Technology, and the Philippine Space Agency.</p><p>Among the missions of the two cube satellites is to demonstrate image and video capture of an RGB camera and a near-infrared camera, as well as to exhibit ground data acquisition allowing for collection of data from remote ground sensors such as temperature and humidity. </p><p>The satellites are also expected to demonstrate a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) global positioning system (GPS) module and magnetic field measurement in space, among other things.</p><p>Young Filipino scholars helped develop Maya 3 and Maya 4 together with other scholars from other countries. </p><p>Maya 1 was launched in 2018, while Maya 2 was launched earlier this year. </p><p>You can register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nasas-23rd-spacex-cargo-resupply-mission-launch-registration-161890263135?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb">here </a>to book your online ticket for the event and get more information and updates from NASA&#x27;s SpX-23 mission, according to DOST. </p><div><strong>— Reports from Jekki Pascual and Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><strong> FROM OUR ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1640405" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

According to DOST, this is the first time that two Philippine-made cube satellites would be launched together. 