Speech
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  ·  2026-09-12 00:00

Briefing by the Indian Space Research Organization

So we had a very fruitful discussion with uh uh our his excellency president of Philippines and uh we could present India's space program to him in a very comprehensive way and the way he was interacting during the presentation showed his great interest in the space activities uh His understanding is in depth. I think I I believe that he has a great depth of knowledge in the space activities and how it can benefit the Philippines the country. We could present the overall gamut of activities what Indian space research organization is doing, the startup is doing and our public sector undertaking activities in the space what they are doing. So it shows a space economy how and our target to have a space economy which is growing from 2% to 8% by 2033. We have a statement of intent we already signed it is in place. So further activities we have discussed and we will take it forward from there. It's more of like areas where we can cooperate. So that is under discussion. So it can be for the remote sensing activities, weather forecasting activities, assembly integration activities, different areas are being identified. So we'll take forward from there each area. So that is the aim of statement of intent and uh the dis subsequently we are having going to have some more detailed discussions at working level and we'll come back. The president is very interested to have a Philippine India partnership in terms of satellite design that will address or that will help contribute s uh weather monitoring um not just weather but hazards uh in in general no and uh as a consequence of the changing climate. So we are looking at having uh business matching with Indian uh space industry with the Philippine space industry which right now is very nent. So with this partnership we can accelerate problem solve. India has a satellite up there. It's called NISAR. It can measure how water one one of the many things know that it can measure is how water is retained in soil or by different types of soil. So in the past few days or weeks um cases rainfall induced landslide and flash floods we want to demonstrate how we we can apply narr. So that is something immediately. Uh next is using ground station. Uh data from NISAR directly uh using our ground station. Um and third um discussion with India on a possible joint mission. um something that is similar to NISAR but a Philippine India satellite mission uh with a complimentary capability. So we are very excited about that. Um so within the next two years so we are very grateful to the president. No uh solid support space program. No this is something that we're building capability. We're not building band-aid solutions. Um we are building something that uh would be beneficial to future generations. So, we're laying the foundation of a space program that will serve the future generation.