ARSAT
Native name | Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima AR-SAT |
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| Predecessor | Nahuelsat S.A. |
| Founded | April 26, 2006 in Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Founder | Government of Argentina |
| Headquarters | Avenida del Libertador 498 - Piso 21, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Area served | Argentina, South America, North America |
Key people |
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| Owner | Government of Argentina |
Number of employees | 400 (June 2014) |
| Website |
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Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
The Argentine government owned telecommunications company Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima AR-SAT usually known simply as ARSAT was 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
Currently ARSAT has 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 Argentina 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 Benavidez ground station 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 |
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| Nahuel 1A | 22:04:00, January 30, 1997 | 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 | 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 | 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-3 | 2019 | Ariane 5ECA | Guiana Space Centre ELA-3 | GSO 81 West | multi spot Ka band bent-pipe | In Development | Under construction.[2] |
See also
References
- 1 2 EMPRESA ARGENTINA DE SOLUCIONES SATELITALES, Federal Law No. 26,092 of 2006-04-26 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-25.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Drewes, Lorena (September 2014). El Sector Espacial Argentino [The Argentina Space Sector] (PDF) (in Spanish). ARSAT. p. 27. ISBN 978-987-45569-0-5. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Créase el Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre., Decree No. 1148/2009 PEN of 2009-08-31 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-26.
- ↑ Apruébase el Acuerdo para la conformación del Consejo Asesor del Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre., Resolution No. 1785/2009 MdPFIPyS of 2009-09-18 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-26.
- ↑ SERVICIOS DE COMUNICACION AUDIOVISUAL, Federal Law No. 26,522 of 2008-10-10 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-25.
- ↑ "Sobre CEATSA" [About CEATSA] (in Spanish). CEATSA. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ Reglamento sobre Administración, Gestión y Control del Espectro Radioeléctrico. Reglamento de Licencias para Servicios de Telecomunicaciones. Modificación., Decree No. 2426/2012 PEN of 2012-12-13 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-26.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Decreto Nº 671/2014. Déjanse sin efecto artículos., Decree No. 671/2014 PEJ of 2014-05-12 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-26.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter Dirk (2015-08-01). "Nahuel 1A". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- ↑ Boado, Gustavo; Nahuys, Hugo (June 2012). "Flying a Crippled Satellite" (PDF) (Paper 1293306). SpaceOps 2012, Stockholm. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- ↑ "NSSDC Master Catalog - Nahuel 1A". NASA. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- ↑ Belluscio, Alejandro G. (2014-10-06). "ArSat-1: Argentina to communicate its heightened space ambitions". NASA SpaceFlight. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
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