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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]
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]
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. Formerly named Palapa B2-P (Indonesia). Agila-2: Satellite August 19, 1997 Xichang 2: Chang Zheng 3B: August 19, 1997 GEO: N/A
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]
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 first ...
Hybrid C-band / Ku-band satellite 100.8°W DirecTV-8: LS-1300: United States DirecTV: Direct Broadcasting 22 May 2005, Proton: Hybrid K u /K a-band satellite 99.2°W DIRECTV-14 United States 2015-08-19: 99.2°W DIRECTV 11 BSS (HSS) 702 United States 2015-08-19: 99.1°W SPACEWAY-2: United States 16 November 2005, Ariane 5 ECA: 97°W: Galaxy-16 ...
ABS-2A is an all-electric propulsion commercial communications satellite which is owned and operated by ABS. Co-located with ABS-2 at the 75°E orbital position, the satellite provides coverage over markets in South East Asia, Africa, MENA and Russia. The satellite is equipped with 48 Ku-band transponder and is designed for DTH services ...