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Agila 2

Agila 2 (also known as Mabuhay 1 and ABS-5 after being acquired by Asia Broadcast Satellite), named after the critically endangered Philippine eagle, is a communications satellite launched in 1997. It provides telecommunications services for the Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corporation. It is the first Filipino space satellite. Built by Space Systems/Loral, the satellite provides the most powerful coverage in the AsiaPacific region. It covers the entire Asia up to Pakistan and Western Pacific up to Hawaii. Its control station is located at the Subic Space Center in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The spacecraft was launched by the Long March 3B in its first successful flight and currently orbits at 146E longitude. ABS Satellite is currently drifting Agila 2 (ABS-5) to the 3W orbital slot and renaming it ABS-3. It's expected to enter service in December 2011.

Designed, built and launched by Space Systems/Loral, Agila2 delivers broadcast television, telephone and data services to an area that covers the Asia-Pacific region. It can transmit more than 190 channels of high-fidelity digital programming to cable companies and home satellite dishes as well as handle more than 50,000 simultaneous two-way telephone conversations.

Agila2, with 10KW of on-board power, is one of the most powerful satellites serving the Asia-Pacific region. It is a typical three-axis stabilized satellite, whose modular design has proven its worth during more than 20 years of cumulative on-orbit service amassed by SS/L satellites to date. For enhanced reliability, Agila2 is augmented with redundant equipment, fail-safe self-monitoring satellite control system, flight-proven control algorithms, automated satellite control functions capable of using block, manual and timetagged commands for routine operations and station-keeping maneuvers as well as automatic rain fade compensation to assume a robust link for the satellite traffic. AGILA2 INFORMATION MODEL LIFE ORBITAL SLOT PAYLOAD Space Systems / Loral FS 1300 15 years 146E C-Band, Extended C-Band, Ku-Band

C-Band NUMBER OF 24 TRANSPONDERS BANDWIDTH UPLINK FREQUENCY DOWNLINK FREQUENCY POLARIZATION EIRP TWTA SIZE 36 Mhz 5927 - 6417 MHz 3702 - 4192 MHz

Extended C-Band 6 36 Mhz 6587 - 6723 MHz 3562 - 3698 MHz

Ku-Band 24 36 Mhz 14021 - 14497 MHz 12203 - 12679 MHz

Dual linear orthogonal 42 dbW peak 34 dbW at EOC 27 W 42 dbW peak 34 dbW at EOC 27 W 55 dbW peak 48 dbW at EOC 110 W

Agila2 supports regional and international networks, and its coverage extends to over 3 billion people throughout Asia. It also has a spotbeam in Hawaii, where teleport operators receive and turn-around Agila2 signals to the US via satellite or submarine cables. Mabuhay Satellite Company: GROUND FACILITIES MSC has two state-of-the-art control facilities providing support for Agila2: a main and a backup hub. Mabuhaysat Space Subic The Subic Space Center is a pioneer satellite Center communications facility in the Philippines providing tracking, telemetry and control for Agila2 in geostationary orbit. It houses the required equipment (both hardware and software) that provide satellite control, satellite orbit determination and prediction, on-station operations and payload and client monitoring.

The Mabuhay Space Center Subic Space Center is manned by highly at Subic Bay trained resident satellite controllers and engineers Freeport Zone working on a 24/7 operating schedule. Our controllers and engineers periodically correct Agila2's altitude and conduct East-West and North-South stationkeeping maneuvers, thus ensuring the satellite's proper orientation and orbital position. They are also responsible for the routine maintenance of the antennas and other equipment housed in the Space Center. In addition, commands from the satellite control center can switch transponders in and out of service, control the charging and discharging of the batteries, activate backup equipment and engage other control functions. The Network Operations Center (NOC), under the Engineering Department, is located in Subic. The group is responsible for monitoring the operation and utilization of Agila2 transponders. Its main function is to ensure the efficient use of both C- and Ku-band transponders by monitoring the signals of all users so that they are operating within nominal power level. Mabuhaysat Zamboanga Space Center

For contingency purposes, the main functions of Subic Space Center is duplicated at the Zamboanga Space Center, albeit on a smaller scale. Redundancy equipment covering baseband, radio frequency and antennas are incorporated in the Zamboanga Space Center. It is also equipped with an uninterruptible power supply system and a Zamboanga facility dish at generator to ensure continuous power supply. twilight: pointed to Agila2 at all times. Our Zamboanga Space Center is manned by a satellite engineer who keeps the facility ready for any contingency action. Periodically, engineers from Subic Space Center visit for any upgrades. Capacity It contains 30 C-band transponders at 27 watts and 24 Ku-band transponders at 110 watts, combinable to 12 high-power 220-watt transponders. Total dc power at End of Life (EOL) will be more than 8200 watts. The combination provides a power-to-mass ratio of 5-to-1, making Mabuhay one of the most efficient satellites in the industry. A single Agila 2 satellite transmits more than 190 channels of high-fidelity digital programming to cable companies and home satellite dishes, along with the capability to handle more than 50,000 simultaneous two-way telephone conversations. Design Agila 2 is a joint venture of Mabuhay Satellite Corporation and various companies from the People's Republic of China, Indonesia and the Philippines, namely, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), High Rise Realty Development Corporation, Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Piltel), Beijing High Den Enterprises Limited, Walden Group of Companies, GMA Network, Inc., Philippine Satellite Corporation, Cable Entertainment Corporation, Siy Yap Group, and Philippine Communications Satellite Corporation. Its cost was estimated at US$ 243 million and has a design based on the Space Systems/Loral FS-1300 satellite bus. The satellite was deployed to orbit by a Chinese Long March 3B rocket in Sichuan province, on 20 August 1997. It is expected to achieve a mission lifetime of more than 15 years. Reach The satellite's C-band coverage beam illuminates an area covering East, South, and Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific up to Hawaii. Meanwhile, the Ku-band coverage zone encompasses Taiwan, portions of mainland China and Vietnam, as well as the entire Philippines. The 24 Ku-band transponders of the satellite may also be commanded by ground control to combine into 12 high-powered transponders with 220-watt amplifiers for the purpose of broadcasting direct-to-home digital TV services. The C-band capacity permits Internet access with downlink capabilities of up to 15 Mbit/s. Moreover, Filipino broadcasters, such as ABS-CBN Corporation, use the satellite's C-band capacity for signal distribution and satellite news gathering activities. The Ku-band capacity delivers direct-to-home broadcast services to Filipinos in remote areas and which allows rural dish owners to receive high-quality programming previously available only to certain parts of the country via wire and cable facilities.

The eagle or "agila" is one of the largest birds of flight. It is well known for its superiority over other birds. One might even argue that the eagle is the ruler of the skies. That is actually an understatement. The eagle not only rules over the skies but it rules over the heavens as well. Did you know that there is this particular eagle which spreads its wings in space rather than in the air? It is a Filipino breed, and it goes by the name of "AGILA-II". Agila-II is the Philippines' second multifunction communications satellite. It is a high powered spacecraft designed and built by Space Systems/Loral, and is the largest in their fs13000 satellite series. Not only that, it also has the largest number of active transponders (a total of 54) compared to any other satellite in the region. The satellite possesses about 10 kilowatts of total on-boardpower, which also makes it the most powerful satellite in the entire Asia-Pacific region. It is said that AgilaII is a high power-to-mass ratio spacecraft and probably the most efficient satellite in the industry. Agila-II is owned by the Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corporation (MPSC) which is composed of local firms that include the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Piltel), Republic Broadcasting System (GMA-7), Philippine Communications Satellite Corp. (Philcomsat), Cable Entertainment Corp. (CEC), and the Philippine Satellite Corp. (PSC) accompanied by foreign companies such as the Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) of Indonesia and the China Everbright Group Limited (CELG). It was built in Palo Alto California and was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China aboard a long March 3B rocket. It was originally scheduled to be launched on August 11, 1997 but was postponed twice due to bad weather caused by typhoon Ibiang. The satellite was eventually launched into orbit last August 20 at 1:50 a.m., local time from Sichuan Province, China. The control center for the Agila-II satellite is located in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The center is manned by an all-Filipino staff which comprises of engineers, satellite operators, network operators, and other personnel. The staff was trained in the Space Systems/Loral station in California. The main purpose of the Agila-II project is to expose the Philippines to global information technology (IT). It will greatly benefit the country in telecommunications, entertainment, education, and in the Internet. With the satellite, schools in distant provinces can use audio-visual receivers for information instead of buying text books that are either too expensive or too hard to obtain (or both). Agila-II can also provide Filipinos who live in remote areas with quality programming which, before, was only available in certain parts of the country with the use of cable facilities. The satellite is powerful enough to reach an estimated population of over two billion people. It is capable of transmitting more than 190 channels to cable companies and home satellite dishes. It can also handle more than 50,000 simultaneous two way telephone conversations and will serve as a back-up to the country's telephone network. For the Internet sector, the satellite can allow a 15 megabyte per second speed for data access.

Agila-II is expected to give the Philippines not only global competitiveness, but also an edge over other countries.

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