ABS-3

{{Short description|Communications satellite acquired by ABS}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = ABS-3

| names_list = Agila-2 (1997–2009)
ABS-5 (2009–2011)
ABS-3 (2011–2017)

| image = ABS-3 (Agila-2).jpg

| image_caption = Artist impression of ABS-3 in orbit

| mission_type = Communications

| operator = Mabuhay (1997–2009)
ABS (2009–2017)

| COSPAR_ID = 1997-042A

| SATCAT = 24901

| mission_duration = Planned:
15 years
Total:
{{time interval|19 Aug 1997|Aug 2017}}

| manufacturer = Space Systems/Loral

| spacecraft_bus = LS-1300

| launch_mass = {{cvt|3775|kg|lb}}

| dry_mass = {{cvt|1800|kg|lb}}

| launch_date = {{start-date|19 August 1997, 17:50|timezone=yes}} UTC{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=6 July 2014}}

| launch_rocket = Chang Zheng 3B

| launch_site = Xichang 2

| disposal_type = Decommissioned

| last_contact = August 2017

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Geostationary

| apsis = gee

}}

ABS-3, formerly ABS-5, was initially named Agila 2 after the Philippine eagle,{{cite web|url=http://agham.asti.dost.gov.ph/1998/1st/extras/Geoff1.htm|title=Agila 2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209013232/http://agham.asti.dost.gov.ph/1998/1st/extras/Geoff1.htm|archive-date=2009-02-09|url-status=dead|access-date=2009-01-26}} before being acquired by ABS (formerly known as Asia Broadcast Satellite). Launched in 1997, the satellite provided telecommunications services for Mabuhay Satellite Corporation before being sold to ABS in 2009. Built by Space Systems/Loral, the satellite provided coverage in the Asia-Pacific region. Its control station is located at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in the Philippines. The satellite was launched by Long March 3B and positioned at 146°E longitude.{{Cite web |url=http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.331 |title=Jonathan's Space Report No. 331 |access-date=2009-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808182635/http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.331 |archive-date=2009-08-08 |url-status=dead }}

While it was the first Filipino-owned satellite to be launched into space, it is not the first Filipino satellite. Another satellite named Mabuhay, previously known as Palapa B-2P, was acquired from Indonesian company Pasifik Satelit Nusantara a year earlier, becoming the first satellite owned by a Filipino entity.{{cite news|title=Mabuhay acquires Indon satellite;sets new orbit|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19960725&id=9mUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6158,3894648|work=Manila Standard|date=July 25, 1996|access-date=March 6, 2015}}

In 2011,{{Cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/agila-2.htm|title=Agila 2 / ABS 5 → ABS 3|website=space.skyrocket.de|access-date=2018-01-25}} ABS-5 was renamed ABS-3 and repositioned to the 3°W orbital slot. ABS-3A was launched on 1 March 2015 to replace ABS-3,{{cite news|last1=Graham|first1=William|title=SpaceX Falcon 9 launches debut dual satellite mission|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/03/spacex-falcon-9-debut-dual-satellite-mission/|access-date=28 September 2015|publisher=NASA SpaceFlight|date=1 March 2015}} which was relocated to operate at 15.75 WL and later at 85.3EL. In August 2017, ABS-3 was deorbited from the geostationary arc and retired after nearly 20 years of operation.