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The satellite's cost was estimated at US$243 million and has a design based on the Space Systems/Loral FS-1300 satellite bus. ABS-3 was deployed to orbit by a Chinese Long March 3B rocket in Sichuan province on 20 August 1997. The satellite was expected to operate for 15 years. [7]
It was built to manage the operations of Agila-1; the first Philippine-owned satellite. [3] In 2009, Mabuhay and Hong Kong–based ABS signed an agreement in which the former ceded all of its assets including the ground station and the Agila-2 satellite to the latter. [4] [5] [6]
The first Agila satellite successfully launched from the United States on December 29, 2024 after suffering a launch abort on December 21. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] It is projected to be operational by February 14, 2025 once it establishes its position over the Philippines.
It once owned the Agila 2 satellite which provides coverage in the Asia-Pacific region. Aside from satellite operation, it also provided satellite-related services. It operated two space centers, namely the Mabuhaysat Subic Space Center, its main hub, and the Mabuhaysat Zamboanga Space Center at Zamboanga City, its back-up hub. [2]
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.
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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.
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