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.
The Philippines presently does not have orbital launch capability, and has historically relied on other nations' space programs to launch their satellites into orbit.
Designation | Class | Launch | Deployment | Mission Status | Summary | ||||
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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 (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 | GEO | N/A | Decommissioned August 2017: Sold to Asia Broadcast Satellite (renamed into ABS-3) | Privately owned (Mabuhay). First Philippine Satellite launched into space. |
Agila | Satellite | December 29, 2024 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | Falcon 9 | December 29, 2024 | GEO | N/A | Active | Privately owned (Orbits Corp). Built by Astranis, repurposed satellite originally assigned as Andesat-1. [1] |
Diwata-1 | Micro | March 23, 2016 | Cape Canaveral SLC-41 | Atlas V 401 | April 27, 2016 | ISS | Kibo module | Decommissioned on April 6, 2020 [2] | 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 [3] | First nanosatellite of the Philippines. |
Diwata-2 | Micro | October 29, 2018 | Tanegashima Space Center LC-Y | H-IIA | October 29, 2018 | LEO | N/A | Active | Replacement of Diwata-1. |
Maya-2 | Cubesat | February 20, 2021 | Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport | Antares 230+ | February 21, 2021 [4] | ISS | Cygnus NG-15 | Deorbited on July 5, 2022 | Replacement of Maya-1. |
Maya-3 [5] | Cubesat | August 29, 2021 | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A | SpaceX CRS-23 | October 6, 2021 [6] | 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 [5] | Cubesat | August 29, 2021 | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A | SpaceX CRS-23 | October 6, 2021 [6] | 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 [7] | 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. [8] |
Maya-6 [7] | 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. [8] |
MULA | Satellite | 2025 (planned) | TBA | TBA | 2025 (planned) | TBA | TBA | Planned | |
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