# Maya-1
*missions*

## Specifications
- **country**: Philippines
- **operator**: dost-asti
- **actual launch**: 2018-06-29
- **orbit type**: ISS-deployed LEO (~400 km, 51.6 deg inclination)
- **platform**: birds-2-1u-cubesat-bus
- **launch vehicle**: spacex-falcon-9
- **actual end of life**: 2020-11-23
- **current status**: ended
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: Philippines/BIRDS-2 participating countries technology demonstration
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: dost-asti
- **attributes**: {"country":"Philippines","operator":"dost-asti","actual_launch":"2018-06-29","orbit_type":"ISS-deployed LEO (~400 km, 51.6 deg inclination)","platform":"birds-2-1u-cubesat-bus","launch_vehicle":"spacex-falcon-9","actual_end_of_life":"2020-11-23","current_status":"ended","tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Philippines/BIRDS-2 participating countries technology demonstration"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
Maya-1 was a Philippine 1U CubeSat technology-demonstration mission with a low-resolution camera payload.[^birds2-missions][^birds2-paper] Its payload set included dual cameras, an APRS digipeater / store-and-forward function, a GPS chip demonstration, single-event latch-up logging, and a magnetometer.[^birds2-missions][^birds2-bus][^birds2-paper] The mission was implemented by DOST-ASTI and PHL-Microsat under the BIRDS-2 / Kyushu Institute of Technology capacity-building programme.[^birds2-paper] Maya-1 launched to the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-15 on 2018-06-29 and was released from the ISS on 2018-08-10.[^spacex-crs-15-wikipedia][^birds2-missions] The mission ended with re-entry on 2020-11-23.[^maya-1-wikipedia]

## Compositional position
- Maya-1 --[mission_payloads]--> birds-2-camera (products)
- Maya-1 --[mission_buses]--> birds-2-1u-cubesat-bus (products)
- Maya-1 --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)

## Sources
- [birds2-missions] | BIRDS-2 Satellite Missions | https://birds2.birds-project.com/satellite-missions/ | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-21
- [birds2-bus] | BIRDS-2 Satellite Bus | https://birds2.birds-project.com/satellite-bus/ | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-21
- [birds2-paper] | BIRDS-2: Multi-Nation Cubesat Constellation Project for Learning and Capacity Building | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2018/all2018/435/ | tier=peer-reviewed | accessed=2026-06-21
- [maya-1-wikipedia] | Maya-1 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [spacex-crs-15-wikipedia] | SpaceX CRS-15 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-15 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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