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MULA
Mission typeEarth observation
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerDOST
University of the Philippines
Surrey Satellite Technology
Launch mass130 kg (290 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date2023 (planned)
Instruments
TrueColour Camera
Automatic Identification System
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
Advanced Satellite and Know-how Transfer for the Philippines

The Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment (MULA) is a planned Filipino satellite.

Development

The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSa) announced on June 9, 2021, that a satellite is in development that would be bigger than the ones made previously under the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite (PHL-Microsat) program. The satellite is named Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment (MULA).[1] MULA would be the first of a "next-generation satellites" under the Philippine space program, with the team behind the satellite building on the knowledge gained in developing the Diwata and Maya nanosatellites.[2]

The satellite project is led by John Leur Labrador and is part of the Advanced Satellite and Know-how Transfer for the Philippines (ASP) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The University of the Philippines Diliman and DOST-Advanced Science and Technology Institute, in coordination of PhilSa, are the lead entities responsible for MULA's development. It is also co-designed with British firm Surrey Satellite Technology.[3]

The preliminary mission objectives of MULA was determined in early 2020.[4]

Instruments

MULA will weigh 130 kg (290 lb). It is equipped with a TrueColour camera which has a capability to capture images with a 5 m (16 ft) resolution and a wide swatch width of 120 km (75 mi). MULA will also have nine spectral bands for various environmental applications including land cove change maping, crop monitoring, and disaster and forestry management.[3] It will be designed to be able to take images of roughly 100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi) of land area daily.[5]

It will also be equipped with Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) which could be used to detect and track aircraft and ships.[4]

Launch and mission

It is planned that MULA would be launched to space by 2023.[4]

References

  1. ^ Gonzales, Gelo (June 9, 2021). "Biggest PH satellite yet, MULA, in development for wider area monitoring". Rappler. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Cruz, Kaithreen (June 10, 2021). "PH to launch bigger satellite in 2023". Manila Times. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Viernes, Franchesca (June 10, 2021). "PHL's biggest satellite MULA now in development, to be used for environmental monitoring". GMA News. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Hernando-Malipot, Merlina (June 10, 2021). "Our own 'astronaut' in space? PH eyes having new Earth Observation satellite in space by 2023". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Ferreras, Vince (June 10, 2021). "PH eyes launch of 'bigger' Earth observation satellite by 2023". CNN Philippines. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
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