PEDRO Center

PEDRO Center
Established2016
Research typeSatellite ground station network
DirectorFranz de Leon
LocationQuezon City, Davao City, and Dumangas, Philippines
AffiliationsDepartment of Science and Technology
Operating agency
Advanced Science and Technology Institute
Websiteasti.dost.gov.ph/projects/pedro-center/

The Philippine Earth Data Resource and Observation Center, also known as the PEDRO Center is an organization tasked in operating satellite ground stations.

It is part of the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Micro-satellite (Phil-Microsat) program by the Department of Science and Technology, which includes the deployment of the Diwata-1 and Diwata-2 microsatellites.[1] It also receives information from commercial satellites.[2]

  1. ^ Yee, Jovic (12 January 2015). "1st PH-made satellite set to go into space". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. ^ Icamina, Paul (28 March 2016). "'Diwata' a step closer to orbit". Malaya. Retrieved 28 March 2016.