type private industry aerospace fate renamed and shifted to a different industry successor mabuhay investment corporation 2012 founded november 10 1994 1994 11 10 defunct january 13 2012 2012 01 13 headquarters subic zambales philippines key people gabriel z. pimentel president ceo services satellite operation and maintenance parent pldt 1994 2009 asia broadcast satellite 2009 2012 website mabuhaysat.com mabuhay satellite corporation msc was a filipino aerospace corporation responsible for operating communication satellites and before 2009 the only philippine company to do so . it was later renamed as mabuhay investment corporation mic and became a holding company owned by pldt . 1 it once owned the agila 2 satellite which provides the most powerful coverage in the asia pacific region . aside from satellite operation it also provided satellite related services . it operated two space centers namely the mabuhaysat subic space center its main hub and the mabuhaysat zamboanga space center at zamboanga city its back up hub . 2 contents 1 history 2 satellites 2.1 agila 1 2.2 agila 2 3 references history edit founded on 10 november 1994 bearing the name mabuhay philippine satellite corporation mpsc the company was established primarily to build own operate and maintain an international satellite facility and other forms of telecommunications equipment that are capable of providing telecommunications and broadcasting on a domestic and international level . 3 it was formed by a former member of the philippine agila satellite inc. pasi another consortium and later competitor of the mpsc pldt which was the largest member of pasi . 4 the majority of the board of directors agreed at a meeting held on april 10 2003 to eliminate the word philippines from the company s name as the company was set to be the ideal satellite operator internationally not only within the philippines . 5 on november 6 2009 msc s communication satellite operation business was sold to asia broadcast satellite abs after they signed an agreement . 6 on january 13 2012 after the securities and exchange commission sec approved the amendment on its articles of incorporation mabuhay satellite corporation was renamed mabuhay investment corporation . 7 satellites edit agila 1 edit main article agila 1 agila 2 edit main article agila 2 agila 2 once owned by msc launched in 1999 the agila 2 provides the most powerful coverage in the asia pacific region . its control station is located at the mpsc 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 146 e longitude . 8 references edit emmie v. abadilla january 30 2010 . firm investing 800 m to build 5 satellites . manila bulletin publishing corporation . facilities . mabuhay satellite corporation . pldt forms satellite firm . the manila standard . november 4 1994 . mackie mason jeffrey ; waterman david 26 november 2013 . communication satellite policies in asia . telephony the internet and the media selected papers from the 1997 telecommunications policy research conference . routledge . pp. 239 242 . isbn 1136684263 . retrieved 19 january 2016 . mabuhay history in briefs . mabuhay satellite corporation . abs acquirres mabuhay . www.absatellite.net . july 11 2012 . pldt financial information pdf press release . 8 may 2013 . retrieved 19 june 2013 . jonathan s space report no. 331 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mabuhay satellite corporation & oldid 743156037 categories pldt subsidiariestelecommunications companies of the philippinescompanies based in zambales1994 establishments in the philippines2012 disestablishments in the philippines navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 05 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view