MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) will be sealing a partnership with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs on Friday in order to boost the country’s capacity on disaster response through satellite images.
“Isang target ng kooperasyon sa ilalim ng MOU [memorandum of understanding] ‘yung karagdagang pagbuo ng kakayahan patungo sa mabisa at pinalawak na paggamit ng mga impormasyong nakabatay sa space, mga imahe ng satellite,” PhilSA Director General Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. said in a televised briefing.
(One target of the cooperation under the MOU is to build additional capacity for effective and wider use of space-based information like sate…
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