# Diwata-2
*missions*

## Specifications
- **country**: Philippines
- **operator**: dost-asti
- **actual launch**: 2018-10-29
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous orbit, approximately 620 km altitude
- **platform**: phl-50-microsatellite-bus
- **launch vehicle**: jaxa-h-iia
- **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":"2018-10-29","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous orbit, approximately 620 km altitude","platform":"phl-50-microsatellite-bus","launch_vehicle":"jaxa-h-iia","tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Philippines"}

## Editorial
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.[^jaxa-h2a-f40] The spacecraft is also identified as Diwata-2B in some launch documentation.[^jaxa-h2a-f40]

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.[^diwata2-wikipedia] The mission supports rapid post-disaster assessment, environmental monitoring, coastal-water-quality observation, and disaster-relief communications for the Philippines.[^diwata2-wikipedia]

## Compositional position
- Diwata-2 --[mission_payloads]--> diwata-high-precision-telescope (products)
- Diwata-2 --[mission_payloads]--> diwata-smi-lctf (products)
- Diwata-2 --[mission_payloads]--> diwata-2-enhanced-resolution-camera (products)
- Diwata-2 --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- Diwata-2 --[related-topic]--> coastal-water-quality (topics)
- Diwata-2 --[related]--> diwata-2-amateur-radio-payload (products)

## Sources
- [jaxa-h2a-f40] | Launch Results of the H-IIA F40 Encapsulating GOSAT-2 and KhalifaSat | https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2018/10/20181029_h2af40.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21 | author=JAXA | published=2018-10-29
- [diwata2-wikipedia] | Diwata-2 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwata-2 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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