Coordinates: 14°45′33.1″N 120°16′47.3″E / 14.759194°N 120.279806°E / 14.759194; 120.279806

Subic Bay Space Center

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Subic Bay Space Center
Established1996
Research typeSatellite ground station
AddressIlanin Forest West, Subic Bay Free Port
LocationMorong, Bataan, Philippines
14°45′33.1″N 120°16′47.3″E / 14.759194°N 120.279806°E / 14.759194; 120.279806
Operating agency
Asia Broadcast Satellite

The Subic Bay Space Center (SCC) also known as the Subic Bay Teleport is a ground station at the Subic Bay Free Port in Morong, Bataan, Philippines. It is currently operated by ABS.[1][2]

The ground station was built in 1996 as the Mabuhay Satellite Space Center by the Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corporation (MPSC), a consortium of Philippine telecommunications companies. It was built to manage the operations of Agila-1; the first Philippine-owned satellite.[3] In 2009, Mabuhay and Hong Kong-based ABS signed an agreement in which the former ceded all of its assets including the ground station and the Agila-2 satellite to the latter.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Satellite Operations Centre". ABS. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "ABSPlus Teleports - Subic Bay" (PDF). ABS. October 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Mabuhay acquires Indon satellite; sets new orbit". Manila Standard. 25 July 1996. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Philippine Company Sells Mabuhay Satellite Corp". Space News. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ "ASIA BROADCAST SATELLITE TO ACQUIRE MABUHAY SATELLITE CORPORATION". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ Lectura, Lenie (8 November 2009). "PLDT sells satellite business". ABS-CBN News. BusinessMirror. Retrieved 26 August 2021.