On March 20, 1987, NASA launched an Indonesian communications satellite called Palapa B2-P.
It would later become the first satellite owned by the Philippines. Almost 10 years after the satellite launched into orbit, Pasifik Satelit Nusantara — the Indonesian company that owned it — sold it to the Mabuhay Satellite Corporation in the Philippines. The country had been trying to establish its own satellite network for decades. They finally bought the Palapa satellite when President Fidel Ramos said he wanted one in time for an international forum that the country was hosting later that year. The president got his way, and the country's first satellite was moved into its new orbit with three months to spare. Mabuhay changed the satellite's name from Palapa to Agila, which means "eagle" in Filipino.
It would later become the first satellite owned by the Philippines. Almost 10 years after the satellite launched into orbit, Pasifik Satelit Nusantara — the Indonesian company that owned it — sold it to the Mabuhay Satellite Corporation in the Philippines. The country had been trying to establish its own satellite network for decades. They finally bought the Palapa satellite when President Fidel Ramos said he wanted one in time for an international forum that the country was hosting later that year. The president got his way, and the country's first satellite was moved into its new orbit with three months to spare. Mabuhay changed the satellite's name from Palapa to Agila, which means "eagle" in Filipino.
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00:00On this day, in space.
00:04On March 20th, 1987, NASA launched an Indonesian communications satellite called Palapa B2P.
00:10It would later become the first satellite owned by the Philippines.
00:13Almost ten years after the satellite launched into orbit, Pacific Satellite Nusantara, the
00:17Indonesian company that owned it, sold it to the Mabuhay Satellite Corporation in the
00:21Philippines.
00:22The country had been trying to establish its own satellite network for decades.
00:26They finally bought the Palapa satellite when President Fidel Ramos said he wanted one in
00:29time for an international forum that the country was hosting later that year.
00:33The president got his way, and the country's first satellite was moved into its new orbit
00:36with three months to spare.
00:38Mabuhay changed the satellite's name from Palapa to Agila, which means eagle in Filipino.
00:42And that's what happened on this day in space.