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45-706: The Philippine Space Agency ( PhilSA ) is the national space agency of the Philippines. The unified space agency is defined by the Philippine Space Act (Republic Act No. 11363) which was signed into law on August 8, 2019, by President Rodrigo Duterte , intended to manage and operate the decentralized space program of the Philippine government , which was handled by various agencies of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Prior to

90-458: A Philippine Space Development and Utilization Policy (PSDUP) that shall serve as the country’s primary strategic roadmap for space development and embody the country’s central goal of becoming a space-capable and space-faring nation in the next decade." DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña was in favor HB 8541 . In December 2018, HB 8541 was approved on the third and final reading with 207 affirmative votes with no votes against or abstentions. Under

135-412: A comparative summary of demonstrated capabilities across the countries that have invested in the pursuit of space-based objectives. Government space agency organizations are established with objectives that include national prestige, exploitation of remote sensing information, communications, education, and economic development. These agencies tend to be civil in nature (vs military) and serve to advance

180-582: A copy was released to reporters on August 13. In signing the new law, Duterte recognized the “urgent need to create a coherent and unified strategy for space development and utilization to keep up with other nations in terms of space science and technology.” thus established the agency Following the Space Act's signing into law, DOST Secretary Dela Peña has written to the Office of the President to initiate

225-681: A five-year engineering course at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City . He considered taking up the study of law, but eventually decided to follow in his father's footsteps with the goal of working for his father's company. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1994. Immediately following his graduation, Marciano pursued his Master of Science degree in

270-546: A full time engineering professor at the university where he held the Dado and Maria Banatao Institute professorial chairmanship until 2016. He also served as a technical consultant for Emerson Network Power and International Telecommunication Union , and co-founded an RFID technology startup company in 2010. While a professor and director of the UP Diliman engineering department, Marciano also served as Interim Director for

315-832: A postdoctoral fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2003. As a fellow of the UP– Dado Banatao Educational Foundation, he worked for the Berkeley Wireless Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley in 2004 and for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego in 2005. He continued his work in

360-402: A reference is included to that program's first demonstration of the technical capacity or capability to meet the defined objective. The fifth listing identifies countries that are considering or are developing space agency organizations but have not ratified formation or operation as of yet. Note as well that the demonstrated capabilities represent the national (or regional) capacity to achieve

405-530: A science payload from a sub-orbital or orbital mission. Several space agencies, both national and international, have demonstrated all four of those capabilities. 2013 (NADA) 2023 (NATA) This group of agencies have developed or are developing launch infrastructure including space launch sites, suborbital launch technology, orbital launch systems, and reusable hardware technologies. This group of agencies have developed advanced technological capabilities required for travel and study of other heavenly bodies within

450-625: A technological progression in complexity and capacity that historically aligned to the developments that occurred during the 20th century space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is not intended to offer that this is the only path to advanced space faring status; variations and adaptations are expected and are likely to occur based on the technological capabilities that are available to today as opposed to 50 or more years ago. For each identified "Demonstrated capability"

495-618: Is headed by the President of the Philippines , who leads the council as its chairperson. The following is the composition of the space council: According to the Department of Science and Technology, the Philippines already possesses enough infrastructure to run a dedicated space agency. Since 2010, it has spent ₱7.48 billion (or $ 144 million) for space research and development, aided 5,500 scholars, trained more than 1,000 space science experts, and established 25 facilities in various parts of

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540-689: Is maintained from the US defence budget, whereas ESA's money is used for developing the European Galileo positioning system. For European contributors to ESA, the national budgets shown include also their contributions to ESA. Eight government space agencies, the United States (NASA), China (CNSA), France (CNES), Germany (DLR), India (ISRO), Italy (ASI), Japan (JAXA) and Russia (Roscosmos), have annual budgets of more than one billion US dollars . Joel Marciano Jr. Prior to his appointment as PhilSA administrator, Marciano served as acting Director of

585-478: Is planned that the agency would pursue such goals in the long term. Space agency Government space agencies are established by governments of countries or regional groupings of countries to establish a means for advocating for and/or engaging in activities related to outer space , exploitation of space systems, and space exploration . The listings summarize all countries and regional authorities that have established space agencies. The listings established

630-644: Is the agency's principal advisory body. It is proposed that at least 30 hectares (74 acres) will be allocated as PhilSA's headquarters and main research facility in an official site within the Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga and Tarlac with a target completion date of 2022. Additional facilities (launch sites, research and development) are also to be established in the future. The PhilSA announced in October 2021 that its headquarters,

675-810: Is the second of four siblings born to Joel Jacob Marciano and Elizabeth Sacro. His father was an electronics engineer ( Mapua University EE Batch 1968) and entrepreneur from Pinamalayan , Oriental Mindoro who was a former National President of the Institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers of the Philippines and who founded the telecommunications company Telecommunications & Computer Technologies Inc. (TCTI) He attended Benedictine Abbey School (now San Beda College Alabang ) in Muntinlupa , Metro Manila . While there, he developed an interest in public speaking and joined several math competitions. After graduating from high school in 1989, he enrolled in

720-490: The 15th Congress (July 26, 2010 – June 6, 2013) for the enactment of what is to be known the "Philippine Space Act of 2012" ( House Bill No. 6725 ). In 2014, the country started a micro-satellite program where local engineers developed and produced the Diwata-1 , Diwata-2 and Maya-1 , which were all subsequently launched into space via foreign facilities. All three satellites were a success. The Philippine Space Agency

765-886: The Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology . He is also a university professor at the University of the Philippines College of Engineering since 1994. Marciano has also served as the program head of the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite program (PHL-Microsat) that launched the first Philippine-made satellite, the Diwata-1 , into space in April 2016. Marciano

810-672: The National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The DOST and the Manila Observatory crafted a 10-year masterplan in 2012 to make the Philippines a "space-capable country" by 2022. The scientists involved in the program's planning gave the media a copy of a draft bill written by Deocaris which they submitted to AGHAM Partylist Rep. Angelo Palmones of

855-663: The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities (Roscosmos) of Russia, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and the China National Space Agency (CNSA). The space agency listings are segregated to enable identification of subsets of the complete list that have advanced to higher levels or technical or programmatic proficiency in accordance with the following: The four listings identify

900-556: The Solar System . These involve the capacity to leave the local area around the planet Earth for lunar and/or missions to other bodies in the Solar System. As of February 2023, six (6) countries/agencies have achieved objectives necessary to be listed here. This category is formed by agencies that operate and construct satellites in extraterrestrial environments, but do not have the capability to transport those satellites to

945-646: The Century of the University of the Philippines College of Engineering by the UP Alumni Engineers Association. He also received the UP Diliman Gawad Chanselor Para sa Natatanging Guro award, the 50 Men and Women of Science and Technology award from the Department of Science and Technology, and Most Outstanding Electronics Engineer award in the field of Education from the Institute of Electronics Engineers of

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990-724: The Institute for Information Infrastructure Development of the Philippines–California Advanced Research Institutes (PCARI) under the Philippine Commission on Higher Education from 2013 to 2016. In October 2014, he led a team of Filipino scientists, engineers and researchers to Japan to work on the country's first microsatellites with experts from the Tohoku University and Hokkaido University . The PHL-Microsat program

1035-620: The National Space Center, would be built at New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac . The agency is mandated to focus on six areas — national security and development, hazard management and climate studies, space research and development, space industry capacity building, space education and awareness, and international cooperation. The Philippine Space Council is the primary advisory body to the Director General. The council

1080-642: The Philippines (IECEP). In December 2019, Marciano and his team won for the Philippines the top prize in the 6th Space Mission Idea Contest held in Tokyo , Japan. His research entitled "Spectrum Monitoring from Space with i-SEEP (SMoSiS) – Capturing and Mapping the Digital Divide from Space through Radio Frequency Spectrum Measurements" was written in collaboration with Calvin Artemies Hilario, Mar de Guzman and Genedyn Mendoza and won first place in

1125-659: The Philippines Diliman in 1994. As a new faculty member of the UP Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, he was in charge of setting up the university's space lab, the RF Communications Laboratory (now Wireless Communications Engineering Laboratory) which was completed in 1995. Upon completion of his PhD in Australia, he was hired as an RF/wireless consultant for Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. from 2001 to 2008. Marciano worked as

1170-571: The Philippines. It has also developed six small-scale satellites ( Diwata-1 , Diwata-2 , Maya-1 , Maya-2 , Maya-3, Maya-4, Maya-5, and Maya-6) and had them launched and deployed to space they planned to launch a much larger satellite named MULA to advance the space program in 2023 but have since postponed the launch till 2025 . While the immediate goals of the agency will not involve launching rockets like with its United States and Japan counterparts National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), it

1215-511: The United States and served as visiting professor for Tallwood Venture Capital in 2005, and as visiting associate research scientist at UCSD in 2007 and 2009. Upon his return to the Philippines, Marciano started working for his father's company, TCTI, as its chairman beginning 2008. He also returned to his alma mater and served as Director of the UP Diliman Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute from 2009 to 2015 and as

1260-647: The benefits of exploitation and/or exploration of space. Government agencies span the spectrum from ancient organizations with small budgets to mature national or regional enterprises such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States, the European Space Agency (ESA) which coordinates for more than 20 constituent countries, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),

1305-634: The bill, the agency was to be attached to the DOST. The bill also creates the Philippine Space Development Fund to be used exclusively for its operation. The astronomical space-related functions of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and DOST will also be transferred to the Philippine Space Agency, under the bill. The "Philippine Space Act" ( Senate Bill No. 1983 ) was passed with 18 senators approving for

1350-735: The country's first CubeSat , the Maya-1 , in partnership with the Kyushu Institute of Technology . Marciano also serves as program leader of the STAMINA4Space Program of the DOST-ASTI. In August 2019, he led the inauguration of the country's hub for space technology, the University Laboratory for Small Satellites and Space Engineering Systems building (ULyS3ES) within the UP Diliman campus. Following

1395-597: The creation of the agency, the Philippine space program had two primary challenges: In the absence of a formal space agency, the DOST funded the National Space Development Program to set up the foundations of a future space agency. Several government agencies under the DOST had previously maintained the country's space program; namely the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA),

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1440-518: The date when it was terminated. Additionally, the strategic nature of many space programs result in cooperation between civil agency and military organizations to meet unique staff and technical proficiencies required to support space programs given the geographic expanse required to ensure successful operation. As of 2024, nearly 80 different government space agencies are in existence, including more than 70 national space agencies and several international agencies. Initial competencies demonstrated include

1485-496: The desired orbit/trajectory/landing spot. As far as we know as of the 10th May 2024, five space agencies have achieved the requirements to be listed here: This small group of countries/space agencies have demonstrated the highest technological capacity with systems and solutions that support human spaceflight along with the ancillary technological capabilities to support human activity in orbit and/or on extraterrestrial bodies. The missions identified (and personnel when appropriate) are

1530-523: The drafting of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the space agency. The first head of Philippine Space Agency, Joel Marciano Jr. was appointed on December 5, 2019, by President Duterte. Although by law, PhilSA should hold its main office in Clark, the space agency decided to temporarily hold office in Quezon City at least until 2021. The space program started by the DOST in 2014 will also be transitioned to PhilSA. The Philippine Space Council

1575-412: The first successful accomplishments of each activity. The annual budgets listed are the official budgets of national space agencies available in public domain. The budgets are not normalized to the expenses of space research in different countries, i.e. higher budget does not necessarily mean more activity or better performance in space exploration. Budget could be used for different projects: e.g. GPS

1620-409: The funding and nomination of candidates to serve as astronauts, cosmonauts, or taikonauts with the countries/organizations executing human spaceflight solutions. Other demonstrated capabilities include the operation of a satellite (e.g. a communications or remote sensing system) largely developed and/or delivered by a third party, the domestic development of a satellite system, and the capacity to recover

1665-459: The identified objective. These listings do not attempt to determine which programs were uniquely or solely funded by the space agency itself. For each listing, the short name or acronym identified is the English version, with the native language version below. The date of the founding of the space agency is the date of first operations where applicable. If the space agency is no longer running, then

1710-672: The passage of the Philippine Space Act (Republic Act No. 11363) in 2019 which created the Philippine Space Agency , Marciano was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the agency's inaugural chief with his appointment paper signed on December 5, 2019. Marciano is a recipient of the 2015 David M. Consunji Award for Engineering Research conferred by the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology (PhilAAST). Also in 2015, he

1755-642: The proposed legislation's passage with no negative votes in May 2019, hence dedicating ₱1bil from the current fiscal year's appropriation with subsequent funding from the General Appropriations Act, plus an additional ₱1bil from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) with ₱2bil released annually. The Bicameral Committee ratified HB 8541 on June 4, 2019, placing

1800-567: The same university where he was also on the faculty of the UP Diliman Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering . Two years into his postgraduate studies at UP, he won a government scholarship to the University of New South Wales in Sydney , Australia where he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications in 2000. Marciano started out as an instructor at his alma mater University of

1845-495: The space agency under the Office of the President. The proposed legislation (a harmonization of HB 8541 & SBN 1983 ) was due for signing into law by President Rodrigo Duterte . The Senate info-page for Senate Bill 1983 reports presentation of the harmonized bill to the Presidential Malacañang Palace on July 9, 2019. Duterte signed the "Philippine Space Act" (RA 11363) on August 8, 2019, and

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1890-732: Was an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and the University of the Philippines in partnership with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency under the Asian Microsatellite Consortium. With Marciano as its program leader from 2015 to 2018, the country successfully launched its first Philippine-made satellites into orbit, the PHL-Microsat-1 ( Diwata-1 ) in April 2016 and the PHL-Microsat-2 ( Diwata-2 ) in October 2018. Marciano

1935-805: Was appointed as Acting Director of the DOST– Advanced Science and Technology Institute in March 2016. As a DOST executive, he continued his work on the Philippine space program and spearheaded the creation of Philippine Earth Data Resources Observation Centers in Quezon City in December 2016 and in Davao City in June 2019. In June 2018, the institute under his leadership successfully deployed

1980-510: Was awarded the 2015 Engineering Excellence Prize by the Manila Water Foundation for his work on the microsatellite program that significantly improved the country's weather forecasting and climate change monitoring. Marciano was conferred the 2017 UPAA Distinguished Alumnus in the field of Science and Technology by his alma mater, University of the Philippines. He is also honored as among the 100 Outstanding Alumni Engineers of

2025-416: Was proposed to be established through legislation particularly through the 17th Congress (July 25, 2016 – June 4, 2019)'s "Philippine Space Act of 2016" ( House Bill No. 3637 ) and "Philippine Space Act" ( Senate Bill No. 1211 ). On November 27, 2018, The House of Representatives passed the alternative bill, the "Philippine Space Development Act" ( HB No. 8541 ), on the 2nd reading. "The bill also provides for

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