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.
List + Philippine satellites by launch dateDesignationClassLaunchDeploymentMission StatusSummaryDateSiteVehicleDateSiteVehicle Agila-1SatelliteMarch 20, 1987 Cape Canaveral SLC-17 Delta-3920 PAM-DMarch 20, 1987GEON/ADecommissioned in January 1998Privately owned (Mabuhay). First Philippine satellite through acquisition while in orbit. Formerly named Palapa B2-P (Indonesia).Agila-2SatelliteAugust 19, 1997 Xichang 2 Chang Zheng 3BAugust 19, 1997GEON/ADecommissioned 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 Block 5 December 29, 2024 GEO N/A Privately owned (Orbits Corp). Built by Astranis, repurposed satellite originally assigned as Andesat-1.Diwata-1MicroMarch 23, 2016 Cape Canaveral SLC-41 Atlas V 401April 27, 2016ISS Kibo moduleDecommissioned on April 6, 2020First microsatellite of the Philippines.Maya-1CubesatJune 29, 2018 Cape Canaveral SLC-40 SpaceX CRS-15August 10, 2018ISS Kibo moduleCompleted on November 23, 2020First nanosatellite of the Philippines.Diwata-2MicroOctober 29, 2018 Tanegashima Space Center LC-Y H-IIAOctober 29, 2018LEON/A Replacement of Diwata-1.Maya-2CubesatFebruary 20, 2021 Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Antares 230+February 21, 2021ISS Cygnus NG-15Deorbited on July 5, 2022Replacement of Maya-1.Maya-3CubesatAugust 29, 2021 Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A SpaceX CRS-23October 6, 2021 ISS Kibo moduleDeorbited on July 25, 2022Same bus design as Maya-1. Deployed simultaneously with Maya-4 as the country's first university-built satellites.Maya-4CubesatAugust 29, 2021 Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A SpaceX CRS-23 October 6, 2021 ISS Kibo moduleDeorbited on July 27, 2022Same bus design as Maya-1. Deployed simultaneously with Maya-3 as the country's first university-built satellites. Maya-5 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. Maya-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.MULASatelliteMarch 2026 (planned) Vandenberg Space Force Base, SLC-4E Falcon 9 Block 5March 2026 (planned)LEON/A
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