# Maya-2
*missions*

## Specifications
- **country**: Philippines
- **operator**: philsa
- **actual launch**: 2021-02-20
- **orbit type**: ISS-deployed low Earth orbit
- **platform**: maya-2-1u-cubesat-bus
- **launch vehicle**: northrop-grumman-antares-230-plus
- **actual end of life**: 2022-07-05
- **current status**: ended
- **tasking supported**: false
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: philsa
- **attributes**: {"country":"Philippines","operator":"philsa","actual_launch":"2021-02-20","orbit_type":"ISS-deployed low Earth orbit","platform":"maya-2-1u-cubesat-bus","launch_vehicle":"northrop-grumman-antares-230-plus","actual_end_of_life":"2022-07-05","current_status":"ended","tasking_supported":false}
- **relevance**: ancillary

## Editorial
Maya-2 was a Philippine 1U CubeSat technology demonstrator, not an Earth-observation sensing mission.[^wiki-maya-2] Its listed payload was an APRS digipeater communications payload, with no EO sensor identified.[^wiki-maya-2] Maya-2 was operated by the Philippine Space Agency.[^wiki-maya-2] Maya-2 launched on 2021-02-20 UTC aboard Cygnus NG-15 on Antares 230+.[^wiki-maya-2][^wiki-cygnus-ng-15] Maya-2 was deployed from the International Space Station on 2021-03-14 and re-entered on 2022-07-05 after a roughly 16-month orbital mission.[^wiki-maya-2]

## Compositional position
- Maya-2 --[mission_buses]--> maya-2-1u-cubesat-bus (products)
- Maya-2 --[related]--> maya-2-aprs-digipeater (products)

## Sources
- [wiki-maya-2] | Maya-2 mission summary | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya-2 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wiki-cygnus-ng-15] | Cygnus NG-15 launch summary | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_NG-15 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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