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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]

Supply chain position

operated by Dost Asti

launched on H-IIA (JAXA/MHI)

built on platform PHL-50 50 kg microsatellite bus

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Coastal water quality

Sources

[1]Launch Results of the H-IIA F40 Encapsulating GOSAT-2 and KhalifaSatagency doc2018-10-292026-06-21
[2]Diwata-2community-2026-06-21

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:diwata-2,
  title = {Diwata-2},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/diwata-2}
}