Philippine Space Agency
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The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is the national space agency of the Philippines.
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Abbreviation | PhilSA |
Formed | August 8, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-08-08) |
Type | Space agency |
Headquarters | UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines (de facto) New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac, Philippines (de jure) |
Administrator | Joel Marciano Jr., Director-General |
Primary spaceport | None |
Owner | Office of the President |
Employees | 50 (July 2021)[1] |
Annual budget | ₱847.66 million (2023)[2] |
Website | philsa |
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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,[3] 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).