First Philippine microsatellite DIWATA-1 successfully captures images in initial testing phase

The microsatellite was developed by Tohoku University, Hokkaido University, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Republic of the Philippines and the University of the Philippines Diliman under the DOST-funded research program, "Development of the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite (PHL-MICROSAT)."