{"id":8165,"date":"2016-09-27T15:29:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T07:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=8165"},"modified":"2016-09-27T15:29:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T07:29:50","slug":"philippine-microsatellite-diwata-1-recognized-for-providing-worlds-best-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/09\/27\/philippine-microsatellite-diwata-1-recognized-for-providing-worlds-best-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine microsatellite Diwata-1, recognized for providing ‘world\u2019s best images’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philippines\u2019 first microsatellite Diwata-1 has received praises from researchers for its high-resolution images taken which are now perceived to be \u201cworld\u2019s best images.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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DIWATA-1. This graphic compares two RGB images of Dumingag on the island of Mindanao, Philippines. Image (a) was taken by the HPT installed in DIWATA-1, while image (b) was taken by Landsat 8\u2019s OLI. These results demonstrate that DIWATA-1 can observe the Earth at significantly higher resolutions than existing large satellites. (Photo and caption from Hokkaido University)<\/em><\/p>\n

According to a report by Inquirer<\/em>, the said images produced by Diwata-1\u2019s High Precision Telescope (HPT) \u201coutclassed an American Earth observation orbiter\u201d in terms of capturing images of about 3 meters with ground resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement released by the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), these clear images can help the country. “With a clearer photo from Diwata 1\u2019s HPT camera, it will be easier to see which areas are affected by natural and even man-made disasters such as floods and fires,” the statement said as reported by GMA News.<\/span><\/p>\n

Diwata-1 is a joint project by Japan\u2019s Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Philippines\u2019 Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the University of the Philippines (UP). The said microsatellite was sent to the International Space Station on March 23 and stayed until April 27, when it was launched 400 kilometres above the Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: GMA News<\/a>, GMA News<\/a>, Inquirer.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philippines\u2019 first microsatellite Diwata-1 has received praises from researchers for its high-resolution images taken which are now perceived to be \u201cworld\u2019s best images.\u201d DIWATA-1. This graphic compares two RGB images of Dumingag on the island of Mindanao, Philippines. Image (a) was taken by the HPT installed in DIWATA-1, while image (b) was taken by Landsat 8\u2019s OLI. These results demonstrate that DIWATA-1 can observe the Earth at significantly higher resolutions than existing large satellites. (Photo and caption from Hokkaido University) According to a report by Inquirer, the said images produced by Diwata-1\u2019s High Precision Telescope (HPT) \u201coutclassed an American Earth observation orbiter\u201d in terms of capturing images of about 3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/09\/640_Fig1-1024x380_2016_09_21_18_52_22_0-e1474961353851.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8168,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8165\/revisions\/8168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}