Philippine Space Agency

Monitoring Oil Spill Progression and Oil Spill Volume Using Satellite Images

by P. L. A. Hilario, R. M. de la Cruz, D. C. D. Vergara, A. J. Sabuito, N. J. Borlongan, J. I. Tabardillo

Satellite imagery plays a key role in mapping oil spills. Oil slicks appear dark on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images due to low backscatter, enabling effective oil spill delineation. Optical... Read more

Development of Methodology for Monitoring and Assessing the National Greening Program using Optical and SAR Data

by Reymar R. Diwa, Noel Jerome B. Borlongan, Jomari Ivan A. Tabardillo, Arlo Jayson C. Sabuito, Christian G. Candido, Roel M. de la Cruz, Ariel C. Blanco

The National Greening Program (NGP), the Philippines' most ambitious reforestation initiative, was launched to address environmental sustainability and combat climate change. To evaluate its effectiveness, the Zambales Province NGP site... Read more

The Deep Space Radiation Probe: Development of a first lunar science payload for space environment studies and capacity building

by Loren C. Chang, Wei-Yi Lin, Yi-Hsuan Chou, Jen-Siang Lin, Chieh Lung, I. Chen, Kai-Jie Hou, Glenn Franco Gacal, Yi-Chung Chiu, Yushun Wang, Hui-Hui Chou, Chi-Kuang Chao, Jann-Yenq Liu, Tung-Yuan Hsiao, I-Chun Cho, Takumi Date, Masayuki Urata, Masahiro Taeda, Kenichiro Tanaka, Nikola Vasovic, and Niall Keegan

Regions outside of Low Earth Orbit (LEO, altitudes above approximately 1000 km) are classified as ‘‘deep space”, including Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), geostationary orbit (GEO), as well as cislunar and... Read more