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Mabuhay
[edit]That date, however, is far later than Philippine President Fidel Ramos had hoped. He had wanted a national satellite in orbit by the time APEC heads of state meet in Manila in November this year. To meet that deadline, Agila considered buying an old INTELSAT 5 class satellite to begin service. However, that deal appears to be dead. Nevertheless, Mabuhay jumped ahead anyway, buying the retired Palapa B2P in July from PSN, promising to place it into service by August for service in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
Both the Mabuhay and PASI new-satellite programmes have had interim precursors. Through its team member PSN of Indonesia, MPSC secured the temporary use of the near-retired Palapa-B2P satellite and began operating it at 144 deg.E (nominally an Indonesian slot). This is the location of the new Loral-built satellite. Unfortunately this same slot is also assigned to Superbird C (SCC of Japan), though apparently only for use in Ku band. The matter was solved temporarily by moving Agila-1 to 146 deg.E. Both MPSC and PASI used the name "Agila-1" for their interim satellites.
- Palapa B2P/Agila 1/Mabuhay 0 - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1987-029A from PSN - Pacifik Satellit Nusantara in 1996
- Agila 2/Mabuhay 1 - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1997-042A
Tracking
[edit]Tracking - http://www.n2yo.com/
- Agila 1 (Palapa B2P) - 17706 - Launched 1987 - Bought by Mabuhay 1996 - Deorbited 1998
- Agila 2 - 24901
Other info
[edit]http://www.communications-center.com/ccreports/deliveries_vol2.htm
- 3.14 MABUHAY PHILIPPINES SATELLITE CORPORATION
- 3.14.1 Agila 1 (Palapa B2P)
- 3.14.2 Agila 2 (Mabuhay 1)
http://www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online/prog_mabuhay.html http://www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online/sat_palapa_b2p.html http://www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online/sat_mabuhay_1.html
Websites
[edit]http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/palapa-b.htm http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/agila-2.htm
PASI
[edit]- Russian Gorizont 41 - 22907 - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1993-072A
- PASI "Agila 1"? - 22907