Archangel’s small predicaments October 23, 2009

Archangel is worried about satellites and outer space. I wonder what he is so hang up about these things. (see info on Philippine Agila II Satellite below.) He wrote this post: 

Philippine Weather, Outer Space and renaming PAGASA

  

The Philippines has a long way to go in weather forecasting. For a long time, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or popularly known as PAGASA has been waiting for its order of at least ten S-band Doppler Radars. The first delivery being half of the lot. This has not happened. More about this post here. 

 Footnote to Archangel:

I used to be part of the DOST scientific network myself, but I saw how much room there is in the department and its network for expansion and growth. True, on many occasions it used to be the only place in the bureaucracy where talent is clearly rewarded (I used to get as many as eight to ten cheques on certain paydays because of my work in various projects in our division alone), still the accomplishments of the department leave so much to be desired. 

It would spell a lot of difference if Filipinos have the heart, think as one, love their country and show their respect for the symbols and the institutions therein. But this is wishful thinking. Our leaders, our people are so terribly divided and following multiple trains of thought aside from thinking solely of the self. No sooner than one will be able to get as simple as an ear of corn, another one will make a hefty effort to grab it, my elders used to say. Typical frontrunners in the rat race.

  

From a Maslowian point of view as a people, the Filipinos have not risen or transcended their small and petty needs for food, personal safety and security. This is because nearly 90% of our people are educated this way. The rest of the 10% either had to educate themselves away from the defeatist and fatalist mentality, or else were fortunate to have parents, guardians and mentors who taught them to excel away from the race for mundane matters in this universe.

 

Why don’t we start educating our young in having more esprit d’ corps? Why doesn’t DepEd and the CHED start inculcating through positive curricula that build nationalistic spirit the same as they teach them in Korean, Japanese and many other foreign schools? Why doesn’t the Government and Supreme Court rule that all Catholic and other Churches not hold any congregation unless they display the Philippine National Flag and sing the National Anthem? If nearly all programs in the country include the display of the flag and singing of the National Anthem, there’s no reason why it can’t be done inside a Church. A Mass, as Holy or solemn it may be, is also a program. At the closing of the Mass, secular issues are the agenda. So why not the singing of the Pambansang Awit?

 

Give me a reason why shouldn’t we shoot the unnationalistic and unpatriotic amongst us who have been pulling our country down, down, down, down until there is nowhere else below to go? 

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 Satellite Feature For February 2002

 

 AGILA II SATELLITE

	SATELLITE VARIABLES
Owner Operator	Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corporation
Degrees East	146 degrees E Longitude
Present Status	Operational
Launch Date	August 19, 1997
Launch Vehicle	Long March 3B
Type of Satellite	FS 13000
Stabilization	3 axis
Design Lifetime	12 years
Prime Contractor	Space Systems/Loral
Dimensions	2.7 x 2.2 x 2.45 meters
Electric Power	9 Kilowatts
SSPA Power	C-band: 27 W; Ku-band: 110 W that can be combined to achieve 220 W
Number of Transponders	C-Band: 30; Ku-band: 24
Channel Capacity	190 Channels digital programming
Channel Bandwidth	C-band: 36 MHz; Ku-band: 36 MHz
Channel Polarization	3 Axis
EIRP	C-band: 35 to 36 dBW; Ku-Band: 52 to 54 dBW
GT	C-band: -5 to -3 dB/K; Ku-band: 3 to 5 dB/K

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