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PHILIPPINE EMBASSY WELCOMES PHILIPPINE SPACE AGENCY (PHILSA) DELEGATION IN KOREA


[Above photo right] Mr. Renzo Wee, delegation leader presented a copy of the PhilSA children’s book titled "Si Tala at ang Kanyang Lakbay Kalawakan!” to Ambassador-designate Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez. [Below photo] Ambassador-designate Fernandez (seated-center), Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General Edwin Gil Q. Mendoza (seated-right) and PhilSA pose for a delegation photo at the Sentro Rizal Conference Room of the Philippine Embassy.

22 October 2025, Seoul – Ambassador-designate H.E. Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez received the courtesy call of the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) delegation on 15 October 2025 at the 2nd Floor Sentro Rizal Conference Room of the Philippine Embassy in Seoul. She was joined by Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General Edwin Gil Q. Mendoza and the Economic Section during the call. 

PhilSA has deployed nine (9) engineers to the Republic of Korea for a three-week “Know-How Transfer and Training (KHTT) Program on Small Launch Vehicle”. The training program is facilitated by Perigee Aerospace, Inc., a Korean-based private aerospace company specializing in the design, development, launch, and operation of small satellite launch vehicles. The program will equip the PhilSA engineers with a working knowledge of rocket design and launch procedures complementing PhilSA’s efforts in establishing a launch site in the Philippines.

Ambassador-designate Fernandez expressed appreciation to the PhilSA delegation for their visit. The PhilSA’s partnership with ROK on space diplomacy is a welcome initiative with the advance technological development in ROK’s space economy.

At the end of the call Mr. Renzo Wee, delegation leader presented to Ambassador-designate Fernandez a copy of PhilSA children’s book titled "Si Tala at ang Kanyang Lakbay Kalawakan!” The activity book introduces the United Nations treaties on outer space to the youth, written in Filipino and English and will be translated to different languages. PhilSA is distributing the book freely as an earnest contribution to the promotion of responsible spacefaring and the peaceful uses of outer space to younger generations. END


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