Diwata-1

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

Philippine satellites by launch date
Designation Class Launch Deployment Mission Status Summary
Date Site Vehicle Date Site Vehicle
Agila-1 Satellite March 20, 1987 Cape Canaveral SLC-17 Delta-3920 PAM-D March 20, 1987 Earth Orbit 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 Xichang 2 Chang Zheng 3B August 19, 1997 Earth Orbit N/A Active: Sold to Asia Broadcast Satellite (now known as ABS-3) Privately owned (Mabuhay). First Philippine Satellite launched into space.
Diwata-1 Micro March 23, 2016 Cape Canaveral SLC-41 Atlas V 401 April 27, 2016 ISS Kibo module Decommissioned on April 6, 2020[1] First microsatellite of the Philippines.
Maya-1 Cubesat June 29, 2018 Cape Canaveral SLC-40 Falcon 9 Full Thrust August 10, 2018 ISS Kibo module Completed on November 23, 2020[2] First nanosatellite of the Philippines.
Diwata-2 Micro October 29, 2018 Tanegashima Space Center LC-Y H-IIA October 29, 2018 Earth Orbit N/A Active Replacement of Diwata-1.
Maya-2 Cubesat February 20, 2021 Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Antares 230+ February 21, 2021[3] ISS Cygnus NG-15 Deorbited on July 5, 2022 Replacement of Maya-1.
Maya-3[4] Cubesat August 29, 2021 Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A SpaceX CRS-23 October 6, 2021[5] ISS Kibo module 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 Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A SpaceX CRS-23 October 6, 2021[5] ISS Kibo module 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 Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A SpaceX CRS-28 July 19, 2023 ISS Kibo module 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 Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A SpaceX CRS-28 July 19, 2023 ISS Kibo module 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

  1. ^ Limos, Mario Alvaro (April 7, 2020). "Goodbye, Diwata: The Philippines' First Satellite Crashes Back to Earth". Esquiremag.ph. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Maya-1, PH's first cube satellite, completes mission". Manila Bulletin. November 29, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Maya-2, Philippines' 2nd CubeSat, has been launched to space station!". GMA News Online. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b Arayata, Maria Cristina (October 7, 2021). "2 PH cube satellites now operational". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (July 19, 2023). "The Maya-5 and Maya-6 satellites, 1U cubesats from the U Phillipines 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.
  7. ^ a b Velasco, Angelo (April 20, 2021). "IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination: Maya-5". International Amateur Radio Union. AMSAT-UK. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
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