THE first Philippine university-built Maya-3 and Maya-4 cube satellites (cube sats) were finally launched to the International Space Station (ISS) a few minutes after their scheduled 3:14 p.m. launch (PST) on August 29 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s Dragon C208 as part of SpaceX Commercial Resupply Service Mission-23 (SpX-23). The…