ARSAT
Native name | ARSAT Sociedad Anónima |
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Company type | Sociedad Anónima |
Industry |
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Predecessor | Nahuelsat S.A. |
Founded | April 26, 2006Buenos Aires, Argentina | in
Founder | Government of Argentina |
Headquarters | Avenida del Libertador 498 - Piso 21, , |
Area served | Argentina, South America, North America |
Key people |
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Owner | Government of Argentina |
Number of employees | 400 (June 2014) |
Website | www |
Footnotes / references [1][2] |
ARSAT S.A. is an Argentine telecommunications company. While it was created through the federal law Ley No. 26.092/2006, it is in fact a standard standard Sociedad Anónima that just happen to be owned 98% by the Minister of Federal Planning, Services and Public Investment of Argentina and 2% Minister of Economy and Public Finances.[1][2]
Business Lines
Current Business Products
Currently ARSAT S.A. has four business lines:[2]
- TDA (Spanish: Televisión Digital Abierta): A country wide digital terrestrial television SATVD-T broadcasting network.[3] The Argentine government ordered a national terrestrial network, where all licensed broadcasting stations can get their programs transmitted through the common system.[4][5] 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 opperation.
- 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.
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.[6] This was possible because the Government had kept a set of frequency bands for a national network operator.[7] The program never materialized and just 18 months later the frequencies were put up for auction.[6][8]
Satelltes
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 | 18 Ku band transponders | June 7, 2010 | Launched along GE-2 [9][10][11][12] |
ARSAT-1 | 10 | Ariane 5ECA (VA220) | Guiana Space Centre ELA-3 | GSO 71.8 West | 24 IEEE Ku band | Operational | Launched along Intelsat 30[12][13] |
ARSAT-2 | September 2015 | Ariane 5ECA (VA226) | Guiana Space Centre ELA-3 | GSO 81 West | 16 IEEE Ku band and 4 IEEE C band | N/A | To be launched along NBN-Co 1A[2] |
ARSAT-3 | 2017 | Ariane 5ECA | Guiana Space Centre ELA-3 | GSO 81 West | multi spot Ka band bent-pipe | N/A | Under construction.[2] |
See also
References
- ^ a b EMPRESA ARGENTINA DE SOLUCIONES SATELITALES (Federal Law 26,092) (in Spanish). 2006-04-26. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ Créase el Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre (Decree 1148/2009 PEN) (in Spanish). 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Apruébase el Acuerdo para la conformación del Consejo Asesor del Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre (Resolution 1785/2009 MdPFIPyS) (in Spanish). 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ SERVICIOS DE COMUNICACION AUDIOVISUAL (Federal Law 26,522) (in Spanish). 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
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mismatch (help) - ^ a b Reglamento sobre Administración, Gestión y Control del Espectro Radioeléctrico. Reglamento de Licencias para Servicios de Telecomunicaciones. Modificación (Decree 2426/2012 PEN) (in Spanish). 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Cite error: The named reference "arglaw-decpres20122426" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
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(help) - ^ "NSSDC Master Catalog - Nahuel 1A". NASA. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- ^ a b 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.
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