Diwata-1 is the first satellite of the venture and is also a part of the Department of Science and Technology's Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Micro-Satellite (PHL-Microsat) Program[3] which was initiated in December 2014 by the government agency.[4] The satellite is an updated version of the Raijin-2, which was developed by the two Japanese universities.[5] The satellite was deployed from the International Space Station on April 27, 2016.[6] Diwata-1 was replaced by Diwata-2 sometime in 2018.
The Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced on June 29, 2017 that two CubeSats or nanosatellites will be launch in 2018.[7] One of these satellites was Maya-1, a nanosatellite developed under the Kyushu Institute of Technology-led Birds-2 project, was launched to space. The equipment is the first nanosatellite of the Philippines and is also placed under the PHL-Microsat program. It is to be deployed from the ISS sometime in August 2018,[8] On August 10, Maya-1 was deployed from the ISS along with satellites from Bhutan and Malaysia.
The PHL-Microsat program was officially succeeded by the STAMINA4Space Program in August 2018. The last satellite launched under the PHL-Microsat program, Maya-1 was decommissioned in November 2020.[9][10]
Phases
The project is divided into five sub-projects or phases.[11]
↑Sakamoto, Yuji; Gonzalez, Ariston; Espiritu, Juan Paolo; Labrador, John Leur; Oliveros, Julian; Kuwahara, Toshinori; Yoshida, Kazuya (May 25, 2015). "Development of the Satellite Bus System for PHL-MICROSAT". Japan Geoscience Union. Chiba. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
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