# Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1)
*missions*

## Specifications
- **country**: Philippines
- **operator**: dost-asti
- **actual launch**: 2016-03-23
- **orbit type**: ISS-deployed LEO, approximately 400 km class, 51.6 deg inclination
- **platform**: phl-50-microsatellite-bus
- **launch vehicle**: ula-atlas-v
- **actual end of life**: 2020-04-06
- **current status**: ended
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: Philippines
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: dost-asti
- **attributes**: {"country":"Philippines","operator":"dost-asti","actual_launch":"2016-03-23","orbit_type":"ISS-deployed LEO, approximately 400 km class, 51.6 deg inclination","platform":"phl-50-microsatellite-bus","launch_vehicle":"ula-atlas-v","actual_end_of_life":"2020-04-06","current_status":"ended","tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Philippines"}

## Editorial
Diwata-1, also known as PHL-Microsat-1, was a Philippine 50 kg-class Earth-observation microsatellite deployed from the ISS Kibo module.[^jaxa-diwata1-deployment][^diwata1-wikipedia] It launched on 2016-03-23, deployed from Kibo on 2016-04-27, and re-entered on 2020-04-06 after its decommissioning phase.[^jaxa-diwata1-deployment][^diwata1-wikipedia] 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.[^diwata1-wikipedia] The mission supported meteorological disaster observation, agriculture, fishery, forestry, environmental monitoring, vegetation observation, and phytoplankton or coastal-water observation.[^diwata1-wikipedia]

## Compositional position
- Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1) --[mission_payloads]--> diwata-high-precision-telescope (products)
- Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1) --[mission_payloads]--> diwata-smi-lctf (products)
- Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1) --[mission_payloads]--> diwata-1-wide-field-camera (products)
- Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1) --[mission_payloads]--> diwata-1-middle-field-camera (products)
- Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1) --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1) --[related-topic]--> coastal-water-quality (topics)
- Diwata-1 (PHL-Microsat-1) --[related-topic]--> weather-nowcasting (topics)

## Sources
- [jaxa-diwata1-deployment] | Successful Deployment of DIWATA-1 from ISS Kibo | https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2016/04/20160427_diwata1.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21 | author=JAXA | published=2016-04-27
- [diwata1-wikipedia] | Diwata-1 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwata-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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