PH’s first liquid-fueled sounding rocket to be launched in 2027

TRAINING. Filipino engineers during a training program on small launch vehicles with Perigree Aerospace last 2025. Philippine Space Agency Cagayan will serve as the Philippines' 'gateway to space' AT A GLANCE MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will launch its first sounding rocket in Cagayan in 2027, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on Monday, July 27, paving the way for future space launch activities and a spaceport in Cagayan. “A sounding rocket launch test is slated for next year. Yes, we are going to launch a rocket into space. This we will do in partnership with a South Korean aerospace company,” Marcos said in his fifth State of the Nation Address. Marcos made the announcement after he described Cagayan as “both geographically and economically primed to serve as our gatewa