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First Filipino satellite
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 Philippine satellite through acquisition while in orbit. Palapa B2-P was later renamed to "Agila-1", the local name for the
Philippine eagle
. The satellite's operation ended in January 1998 and was
deorbited
.
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- Diwata-3
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- MULA
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Launches are separated by dots ( ? ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
Crewed flights
are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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