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Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1)

Diwata-1, also known as PHL-Microsat-1, was a Philippine 50 kg-class Earth-observation microsatellite deployed from the ISS Kibo module.^[1]^[2] It launched on 2016-03-23, deployed from Kibo on 2016-04-27, and re-entered on 2020-04-06 after its decommissioning phase.^[1]^[2] The payload suite included a High Precision Telescope with 3 m ground resolution at 400 km, a Space-borne Multispectral Imager with a liquid-crystal tunable filter, a Wide Field Camera, and a Middle Field Camera.^[2] The mission supported meteorological disaster observation, agriculture, fishery, forestry, environmental monitoring, vegetation observation, and phytoplankton or coastal-water observation.^[2]

Full specification

All fields

current status	Ended
operator	Dost Asti
platform	PHL-50 50 kg microsatellite bus
launch vehicle	Ula Atlas V
Launched	2016-03-23
actual end of life	2020-04-06
orbit type	ISS-deployed LEO, approximately 400 km class, 51.6 deg inclination
tasking supported	No
current geographic priority	Philippines

Supply chain position

operated by Dost Asti

launched on Ula Atlas V

built on platform PHL-50 50 kg microsatellite bus

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Coastal water quality

related to Weather nowcasting

Sources

[1]Successful Deployment of DIWATA-1 from ISS Kiboagency doc2016-04-272026-06-21
[2]Diwata-1community-2026-06-21

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Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1). EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/diwata-1 (CC BY 4.0)

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:diwata-1,
  title = {Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1)},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/diwata-1}
}