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USC receives Pandora instrument from Republic of Korea, Philippine Space Agency

Posted on August 18, 2024 by university

The University of San Carlos received one of four Pandora instruments from the Republic of Korea and the Philippine Space Agency during turnover ceremonies held on August 12, 2024 at the Manila Observatory in Ateneo de Manila University.

PAPGAPI-PAN Technical Lead Ellison C. Castro (center) showed the participants the Pandora instrument (right) stationed on the roof deck of the Manila Observatory.

The Pandora instrument measures air quality, particularly monitoring concentrations of gaseous pollutants like nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide, and will serve as a ground-based station to verify data from an environment monitoring spectrometer aboard the Korean GEO-KOMPSAT-2B satellite. 

Three other instruments will be stationed at the Manila Observatory in Quezon City, Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) in Batac, Ilocos Norte, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.

From left: Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines His Excellency Lee Sang-hwa, PhilSA DG Dr. Marciano, Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin, S.J. (Manila Observatory Executive Director), and PhilSA DDG Dr. Perez.

His Excellency Lee Sang-hwa (Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines) and Kim Eunsub (Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Country Director) turned over the instruments to Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) Director General Joel Joseph S. Marciano Jr., Ph.D. and PhilSA Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology Gay Jane P. Perez, Ph.D. In turn, PhilSA handed over the instruments to the four institutions that were strategically chosen to provide data to the Pan-Asia Partnership for Geospatial Air Pollution Information Project and the Pandora Asia Network (PAPGAPI-PAN) Philippines Project.

All hearts (from left): DDG Perez (PhilSA), DG Marciano (PhilSA), Patrick John Y. Lim, Ph.D. (USC), James Bernard Simpas, Ph.D. (Manila Observatory), Jacqueline A. Caancan (DENR), Nathan Alibuyog, Ph.D. (MMSU), Ambassador Lee, and Mr. Eunsub (KOICA).

USC Research, Development, Extension, and Publications Office (RDEPO) Director Patrick John Y. Lim, Ph.D. and Department of Physics Assistant Professor Raymond Lee Antonio C. Sarmiento, Ph.D. represented the University during the turnover ceremonies.

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