Diwata-2

Diwata-2 is a Philippine microsatellite for Earth observation and disaster-relief communications. It launched on 2018-10-29 as a secondary payload on H-IIA F40 from Tanegashima.^[1] The spacecraft is also identified as Diwata-2B in some launch documentation.^[1]

The spacecraft is associated with a Sun-synchronous orbit at about 620 km altitude and carries optical and communications payloads: a High Precision Telescope, a Space-borne Multispectral Imager with liquid-crystal tunable filter, an Enhanced Resolution Camera, and an amateur-radio payload.^[2] The mission supports rapid post-disaster assessment, environmental monitoring, coastal-water-quality observation, and disaster-relief communications for the Philippines.^[2]