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ARSAT S.A.
Native name
ARSAT Sociedad Anónima
Company typeSociedad Anónima
Industry
PredecessorNahuelsat S.A.
FoundedApril 26, 2006 (2006-04-26) in Buenos Aires, Argentina
FounderGovernment 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)
OwnerGovernment of Argentina
Number of employees
400 (June 2014)
Websitewww.arsat.com.ar/en
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 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).[6]

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.[7] This was possible because the Government had kept a set of frequency bands for a national network operator.[8] The program never materialized and just 18 months later the frequencies were put up for auction.[7][9]

Satelltes

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 18 Ku band transponders June 7, 2010 Launched along GE-2 [10][11][12][13]
ARSAT-1 10 (2014) Ariane 5ECA (VA220) Guiana Space Centre ELA-3 GSO 71.8 West 24 IEEE Ku band Operational Launched along Intelsat 30[13][14]
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

  1. ^ a b EMPRESA ARGENTINA DE SOLUCIONES SATELITALES (Federal Law 26,092) (in Spanish). 2006-04-26. Retrieved 2015-08-25.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Créase el Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre (Decree 1148/2009 PEN) (in Spanish). 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2015-08-26.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ 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.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. ^ SERVICIOS DE COMUNICACION AUDIOVISUAL (Federal Law 26,522) (in Spanish). 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2015-08-25. {{cite report}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  6. ^ "Sobre CEATSA" [About CEATSA] (in Spanish). CEATSA. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  7. ^ 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.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Cite error: The named reference "arglaw-decpres20122426" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ Krebs, Gunter Dirk (2015-08-01). "Nahuel 1A". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  11. ^ Boado, Gustavo; Nahuys, Hugo (June 2012). "Flying a Crippled Satellite" (PDF) (Paper 1293306). SpaceOps 2012, Stockholm. Retrieved 2015-08-25. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ^ "NSSDC Master Catalog - Nahuel 1A". NASA. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  13. ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  14. ^ 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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