ARSAT

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ARSAT
Native name
 Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima AR-SAT
Sociedad Anónima
Industry
Predecessor Nahuelsat S.A.
Founded April 26, 2006 (2006-04-26) 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
  • 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 www.arsat.com.ar/en
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
Nahuel 1A 22:04:00, January 30, 1997 (1997-01-30T22:04:00) 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 (2014-10-16T21:43:52) 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 (2015-09-30T20:30:00) Ariane 5ECA (VA226) Guiana Space Centre ELA-3 GSO 81 West 24 IEEE Ku band TPE and 13 C band TPE Commissioning[17] 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 EMPRESA ARGENTINA DE SOLUCIONES SATELITALES, Federal Law No. 26,092 of 2006-04-26 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-25.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Créase el Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre., Decree No. 1148/2009 PEN of 2009-08-31 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-26.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ SERVICIOS DE COMUNICACION AUDIOVISUAL, Federal Law No. 26,522 of 2008-10-10 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-25.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Decreto Nº 671/2014. Déjanse sin efecto artículos., Decree No. 671/2014 PEJ of 2014-05-12 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-26.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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