Nearly after a month after it successfully launched into space, the Philippines’ second nanosatellite is now orbiting the Earth.
Maya-2, which was designed by three Filipino engineers, was sent to the International Space Station (ISS) on Feb. 21.
It launched to its targeted altitude in Low Earth Orbit from ISS on Sunday, March 14, at 7:20 p.m., as per the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Information Office on Monday, March 15.
Maya-2’s release was broadcast in a live stream from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Sunday.
Maya-2 was deployed into space with two other cube satellites (cubesats) from Para…
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