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ARSAT
Native name
Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima AR-SAT
Company type Sociedad Anónima
Industry
PredecessorNahuelsat S.A.
FoundedApril 26, 2006 (2006-04-26) in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Founder Government of Argentina
HeadquartersAvenida del Libertador 498 – Piso 21,
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
Area served
 Argentina, South America, North America
Key people
  • Matías BIANCHI VILLELLI (Chairman)
  • Guillermo RUS (Vice-Chairman)
  • Hugo Iván COUSTAU (Director)
  • Fernando PÉREZ (Director)
  • Marcelo TESORO (Director)
Owner Government of Argentina
Number of employees
400 (June 2014)
Website arsat.com.ar
Footnotes / references
[1] [2]

Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima AR-SAT, usually known simply as ARSAT, is an Argentine government-owned telecommunications company incorporated in 2006 as a Sociedad Anónima through the federal law 26.092. [3] At the time of incorporation, its ownership was shared by the Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services (98%) and the Ministry of Economy and Public Finances (2%). [1] [2]

Business lines

Current business products

As of 2014, ARSAT had four business lines: [2]

  • TDA ( Spanish: Televisión Digital Abierta): A country wide digital terrestrial television SATVD-T broadcasting network. [4] The Argentine government ordered a national terrestrial network, where all licensed broadcasting stations can get their programs transmitted through the common system. [5] [6] ARSAT is in charge of developing and installing the initial 90 broadcasting stations.
  • Argentine Geostationary Communication Satellite System (SSGAT for Spanish: Sistema Satelital Geoestacionario Argentino de Telecomunicaciones): The Argentine government has decided to fund a national satellite system where all ITU assigned geostationary orbital slots are filled with satellites designed and manufactured locally. It currently includes the ARSAT-1, ARSAT-2 and ARSAT-3.
    • Conectar Igualdad (Spanish for Connecting Equality): It's the national program for reducing the digital divide. ARSAT is in charge of the satellite segment of the program through the SSGAT.
    • TDA: ARSAT is also in charge of the satellite broadcasting segment of the national digital television broadcasting network.
  • Federal Fiber Optics Network (RFFO for Spanish: Red Federal de Fibra Óptica): The Argentine government has funded a 52,000 km (32,000 mi) fiber optic network to transport Internet, Digital Television, Telephony and private data. ARSAT is in charge of its construction and operation.
    • Conectar Igualdad: ARSAT is also in charge of leveraging the RFFO for this digital divide program.
    • TDA: ARSAT is also in charge of connecting the TDA terrestrial network through the RFFO.
  • Data Center: In its ground station in Benavídez, Tigre Partido, Buenos Aires, ARSAT has built and operates a 4,200 m2 (45,000 sq ft) TIER III certified data center.
  • CEATSA: An environmental testing laboratory. While it is physically connected to INVAP's satellite manufacturing facility, ARSAT holds a majority ownership (80% as of 2015). [7]

Former business products

  • Libre.ar (cancelled): In December 2012, gave ARSAT a mandate to set up a cellular network that would be open to small operators. [8] This was possible because the Government had kept a set of frequency bands for a national network operator. [9] The program never materialized and just 18 months later the frequencies were put up for auction. [10] [11]

Satellites

Satellite Launch (UTC) Launch Vehicle Launch Site Orbit Payload Status Notes
Nahuel 1A 22:04:00, January 30, 1997 (UTC) (1997-01-30T22:04:00Z) Ariane 44L (V93) Guiana Space Centre ELA-2 GSO 71.8 West 27 Ku band TPE Retired on June 7, 2010 Launched along GE-2 [12] [13] [14] [15]
ARSAT-1 21:43:52, October 16, 2014 (UTC) (2014-10-16T21:43:52Z) Ariane 5ECA (VA220) Guiana Space Centre ELA-3 GSO 71.8 West 32 Ku band TPE Operational Launched along Intelsat 30 [15] [16]
ARSAT-2 20:30:00, September 30, 2015 (UTC) (2015-09-30T20:30:00Z) Ariane 5ECA (VA226) Guiana Space Centre ELA-3 GSO 81 West 24 IEEE Ku band TPE and 13 C band TPE Operational [17] [18] Launched along Sky Muster [2]
ARSAT SG-1 2025 [19] TBA TBA GSO 81 West multi spot Ka band bent-pipe In Development Under construction. [20] [21]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales (Federal Law 26,092) (in Spanish). 26 April 2006. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2015-08-25.{{ cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year ( link)
  2. ^ a b c d Drewes, Lorena (September 2014). El Sector Espacial Argentino [The Argentina Space Sector] (PDF) (in Spanish). ARSAT. p. 27. ISBN  978-987-45569-0-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  3. ^ "Ley 26.092: Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales". infoleg.gov.ar. Centro de documentación e información, Ministerio de economía y finanzas públicas. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ^ Créase el Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre (Decree 1148/2009 PEN) (in Spanish). 31 August 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-26.{{ cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year ( link)
  5. ^ Apruébase el Acuerdo para la conformación del Consejo Asesor del Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre (Resolution 1785/2009 MdPFIPyS) (in Spanish). 18 September 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-26.{{ cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year ( link)
  6. ^ Servicios de Comunicacion Audiovisual (Federal Law 26,522) (in Spanish). 10 October 2008. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  7. ^ "Sobre CEATSA" [About CEATSA] (in Spanish). CEATSA. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  8. ^ Reglamento sobre Administración, Gestión y Control del Espectro Radioeléctrico. Reglamento de Licencias para Servicios de Telecomunicaciones. Modificación (Decree 2426/2012 PEN) (in Spanish). 13 December 2012. Retrieved 2015-08-26.{{ cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year ( link)
  9. ^ "Registraron a ARSAT como prestadora de servicios móviles" [ARSAT was registered as a cellular phone operator] (in Spanish). Telam. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  10. ^ Decreto Nº 671/2014. Déjanse sin efecto artículos (Decree 671/2014 PEJ) (in Spanish). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-26.{{ cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year ( link)
  11. ^ "El Gobierno oficializó la licitación del 4G y reconoció que no habrá una empresa estatal de celulares" [Government made the 4G spectrum auction official and recognized that there will not be a public cellular company] (in Spanish). InfoBAE.com. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  12. ^ Krebs, Gunter Dirk (2015-08-01). "Nahuel 1A". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  13. ^ Boado, Gustavo; Nahuys, Hugo (June 2012). "Flying a Crippled Satellite" (PDF). SpaceOps (Paper 1293306). Stockholm: SpaceOps 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  14. ^ "NSSDC Master Catalog – Nahuel 1A". NASA. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  15. ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  16. ^ Belluscio, Alejandro G. (2014-10-06). "ArSat-1: Argentina to communicate its heightened space ambitions". NASA SpaceFlight. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  17. ^ "El ARSAT-2 llegó a órbita geoestacionaria" [The ARSAT-2 has reached the geostationary orbit] (in Spanish). ARSAT S.A. 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  18. ^ "Sin definición estratégica de Macri, ARSAT busca su destino de la mano de privados" [With no strategic decision from Macri, ARSAT searches for a private hand] (in Spanish). Urgente 24. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  19. ^ Jewett, Rachel (20 March 2023). "Arsat Taps CPI for ARSAT-SG1 Gateway Systems". Via Satellite. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Turkey seals 1st satellite export deal with Argentina-based firm". Daily Sabah. 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  21. ^ Henry, Caleb (2020-03-19). "Argentine operator Arsat revives plans for third satellite". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2020-03-20.

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