List of Philippine satellites
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This list covers satellites built and/or operated by entities in the Philippines – by private firms based in the Philippines or by the Philippine government. The first Philippine satellites were operated by private companies. The first Filipino-owned satellite is Agila-1, a satellite acquired in 1996 by Mabuhay Satellite Corporation from PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, an Indonesian company. The first Philippine satellite launched to space was Agila-2 which was placed to orbit in 1997.
The Philippine Space Agency is the lead government organization of the Philippine space program since 2019 but all active satellites are built and operated by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its child agencies. The DOST was behind Diwata-1 which was launched to space in 2016 and was the first satellite built and designed by Filipinos and Maya-1 was the first nano-satellite owned by the Philippines and was launched in 2018. Additional Maya satellites were developed and launched in cooperation with JAXA under the Birds program (official name: Joint Global Multi Nation Birds) with the Kyushu Institute of Technology.[1]
The Philippines presently does not have orbital launch capability, and has historically relied on other nations' space programs to launch their satellites into orbit.
List
[edit]Designation | Class | Launch | Deployment | Mission Status | Summary | ||||
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Agila-1 | Satellite | March 20, 1987 | ![]() |
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March 20, 1987 | GEO | N/A | Deorbited in January 1998 | Privately owned (Mabuhay). First Philippine satellite through acquisition while in orbit. Formerly named Palapa B2-P (Indonesia). |
Agila-2 | Satellite | August 19, 1997 | ![]() |
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August 19, 1997 | GEO | N/A | Decommissioned August 2017: Sold to Asia Broadcast Satellite (renamed into ABS-3) | Privately owned (Mabuhay). First Philippine Satellite launched into space. |
Diwata-1 | Micro | March 23, 2016 | ![]() |
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April 27, 2016 | ISS | ![]() |
Decommissioned on April 6, 2020[1] | First microsatellite of the Philippines. |
Maya-1 | Cubesat | June 29, 2018 | ![]() |
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August 10, 2018 | ISS | ![]() |
Completed on November 23, 2020[2] | First nanosatellite of the Philippines. |
Diwata-2 | Micro | October 29, 2018 | ![]() |
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October 29, 2018 | LEO | N/A | Active | Replacement of Diwata-1. |
Maya-2 | Cubesat | February 20, 2021 | ![]() |
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February 21, 2021[3] | ISS | ![]() |
Deorbited on July 5, 2022 | Replacement of Maya-1. |
Maya-3[4] | Cubesat | August 29, 2021 | ![]() |
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October 6, 2021[5] | ISS | ![]() |
Deorbited on July 25, 2022 | Same bus design as Maya-1. Deployed simultaneously with Maya-4 as the country's first university-built satellites. |
Maya-4[4] | Cubesat | August 29, 2021 | ![]() |
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October 6, 2021[5] | ISS | ![]() |
Deorbited on July 27, 2022 | Same bus design as Maya-1. Deployed simultaneously with Maya-3 as the country's first university-built satellites. |
Maya-5[6] | Cubesat | June 5, 2023 | ![]() |
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July 19, 2023 | ISS | ![]() |
Deorbited on December 8, 2023 | Same bus design as Maya-1. Deployed simultaneously with Maya-6 as the country's second university-built satellites.[7] |
Maya-6[6] | Cubesat | June 5, 2023 | ![]() |
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July 19, 2023 | ISS | ![]() |
Deorbited on December 12, 2023 | Same bus design as Maya-1. Deployed simultaneously with Maya-5 as the country's second university-built satellites.[7] |
MULA | Satellite | 2025 (planned) | TBA | TBA | 2025 (planned) | TBA | TBA | Planned |
References
[edit]- ^ Limos, Mario Alvaro (April 7, 2020). "Goodbye, Diwata: The Philippines' First Satellite Crashes Back to Earth". Esquiremag.ph. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Maya-1, PH's first cube satellite, completes mission". Manila Bulletin. November 29, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ "Maya-2, Philippines' 2nd CubeSat, has been launched to space station!". GMA News Online. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "「きぼう」から超小型衛星4機を10月6日(水)に放出する予定です". 「きぼう」利用のご案内 (in Japanese). Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ a b Arayata, Maria Cristina (October 7, 2021). "2 PH cube satellites now operational". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ a b Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (July 19, 2023). "The Maya-5 and Maya-6 satellites, 1U cubesats from the U Philippines Diliman, launched to ISS on CRS-28, were deployed from the J-SSOD-26 package on the Kibo robot arm at 0700 UTC Jul 19" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Velasco, Angelo (April 20, 2021). "IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination: Maya-5". International Amateur Radio Union. AMSAT-UK. Retrieved April 3, 2023.