Agila 2 --> ABS 5 --> ABS 3

Philippines

Spacecraft nº:

Philippines spacecraft nº: 1

Called Mabuhay 1 before launch

Launch data:

Designation	24901 / 97042A
Launch date	19 Aug 1997
Launch site	Xichang, LC-2
Launch vehicle	CZ-3B (#44)
Mission	Commercial: Communications
Geostationary orbit :
Perigee / Apogee	35770 x 35803 km
Eccentricity	3.91E-04
Inclination	0.03°
Period	1436.13 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor	Space Systems/Loral (SSL)
Operator	Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corp.
Platform	LS-1300
Mass at launch	3775 kg
Dry Mass	1800 kg
Dimension	30.7 x 5.12 x 8.6 m
Solar arrays	2 deployable solar arrays
Propulsion	R-4D-11
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	BOL: 10000 W EOL: 8000 W
Design lifetime	15 years

Location:

Date	Position	Remarks
31 Dec 2007	146.03° E
Apr 2009	146.06° E
late 2011	3° W	renamed ABS 3
14 Feb 2016	15.75° W	manoeuvred off station at 15.75° W and is drifting to the east.

Description:

Most powerful telecommunications satellite in service in the Asia-Pacific region; 30 C-band, 24 Ku-band transponders; 190 high fidelity channels and 50,000 simultaneous telephone links.
Designed, built, and launched by SS/L for Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corporation, Agila 2 delivers broadcast television, telephone, and data services to an area that covers Southeast Asia, from the Philippines to Hawaii, to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and to Vietnam and China.
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.
Agila 2 features the largest number of active transpondersders of any satellite in the region. 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.
Two transponders are owned by PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara
Was not delivered in the exact orbit and had to burn extra fuel to move 3000 km. The lifetime is said not to have been reduced by this operation.
The planned location was 144°E, but there are interference problems in Ku-band with nearby Superbird C satellite. Despite the move, only 18 transponders can be activated in Ku-band.
Loral has access to some Ku-band transponders via a joint venture between Loral Space & Communications and MPSC.
After negotiations with ProtoStar to take the satellite over as ProtoStar-3 came to no conclusion, the satellite was acquired by Asia Broadcast Satellite and renamed Agila 2 / ABS 5 in late 2009.
In late 2011 it was repositioned to 3° West and renamed ABS 3.

C-band:

Main transponders	24 + 6
Backup transponders	8
Power	27 W
Bandwidth	36 MHz
Coverage	entire South-East and Pacific Rim & Hawaii
EIRP max	35 dBW
Polarization	linear H/V
Beacons	4.196 H & 4.198 V GHz

C-band Transponder frequency chart (GHz)

Horizontal Uplink	Horizontal Downlink	Transponder	Vertical Downlink	Vertical Uplink
	3.580	25		6.605
6.625		26	3.600
	2.620	27		6.645
6.665		28	3.640
	3.660	29		6.685
6.705		30	3.680
	3.720	1		5.945
5.965		2	3.740
	3.760	3		5.985
6.005		4	3.780
	3.800	5		6.025
6.045		6	3.820
	3.840	7		6.065
6.085		8	3.860
	9.880	9		6.105
6.125		10	3.900
	3.920	11		6.145
6.165		12	3.940
	3.960	13		6.185
6.205		14	3.980
	4.000	15		6.225
6.245		16	4.020
	4.040	17		6.265
6.285		18	4.060
	4.080	19		6.305
6.325		20	4.100
	4.120	21		6.345
6.365		22	4.140
	4.160	23		6.385
6.402		24	4.177

Ku-band

Main transponders	24
Backup transponders	8
Power	110 W
Bandwidth	36 MHz
Coverage	Philippines, Coastal China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam
EIRP max	53 dBW
G/T max	+3 dB/K
Polarization	linear H/V
Beacons	12.255755 H & 12.24915 V GHz

Can operate as 12 transponders at 220 W

Ku-band Transponder frequency chart (GHz)

Horizontal Uplink	Horizontal Downlink	Transponder	Vertical Downlink	Vertical Uplink
14.039		1	12.221
	12.221	13		14.039
14.079		2	12.261
	12.261	14		14.079
14.119		3	12.301
	12.301	15		14.119
14.159		4	12.341
	12.341	16		14.159
14.199		5	12.381
	12.381	17		14.199
14.239		6	12.421
	12.421	18		14.239
14.279		7	12.461
	12.461	19		14.279
14.319		8	12.501
	12.501	20		14319
14.359		9	12.541
	12.541	21		14.359
14.399		10	12.581
	12.581	22		14.399
14.439		11	12.621
	12.621	23		14.439
14.479		12	12.661
	12.661	24		14479

Ref: #3(SD520), #14, #226 - update: 27.04.16