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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 GEO: N/A Deorbited in January 1998 Privately owned . First Philippine satellite through acquisition while in orbit.
Diwata-1[ 6] also known as PHL-Microsat-1 was a Philippine microsatellite launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 23, 2016, and was deployed into orbit from the ISS on April 27, 2016. It was the first Philippine microsatellite and the first satellite built and designed by Filipinos. [ 7][ 8] It was followed by Diwata-2 ...
The projected launch date was later adjusted at least twice; June 2018 and later pushed forward to fourth quarter of 2018. [12] It was announced that on October 26, 2018, the satellite would be launched to space via the H-IIA from Japan [13] at the Tanegashima Space Center at around 13:08 and 13:20 ( JST ). [9]
The satellite is named Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment (MULA). [4] MULA would be the first of a "next-generation satellites" under the Philippine space program, with the team behind the satellite building on the knowledge gained in developing the Diwata and Maya nanosatellites. [5] The investment cost for the satellite is at least US$34 ...
The satellite was renamed Agila-1 and became the first satellite in orbit to be owned by the country. [20] [21] [22] MSC launched the country's second satellite, Agila-2, with the assistance of China. The communications satellite was launched through the Long March 3B at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on August 19, 1997.
Agila-1. Agila-1 or Mabuhay was launched on March 20, 1987, under the name Palapa B2-P in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was originally under Indonesian company, PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara until it was acquired by Philippine company, Mabuhay Satellite Corporation which is under PLDT in 1996. Upon its acquisition by Mabuhay, it became ...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is the national space agency of the Philippines.. The unified space agency is defined by the Philippine Space Act (Republic Act No. 11363) which was signed into law on August 8, 2019, by President Rodrigo Duterte, [4] intended to manage and operate the decentralized space program of the Philippine government, which was handled by various agencies of the ...
The rocket was made from 3D-printed advanced composite materials and measures 3 meters (9.8 ft) and weighs 15 kilograms (33 lb). It is designed to propel a Can Satellite (CanSat) around 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) into the atmosphere. [ 2] TALA is developed by a team of students and teachers from St. Cecilia’s College-Cebu.