PH microsatellite Diwata-1 heads to Int'l Space Station

A routine resupply mission for the International Space Station (ISS) made history for the Philippines after it carried the country's first-ever homegrown microsatellite, the Diwata-1. The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying the Cygnus resupply cargo ship, lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, March 22 (Wednesday, March 23 Philippine time), with the Diwata-I microsatellite forming part of its 3 1/2-ton payload. The rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 11:05 pm local time (11:05 am in Manila). More

(Source: Rappler - Mar 24)