ARSAT

ARSAT

Native name	Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima AR-SAT
Type	Sociedad Anónima
Industry	Satellite telecommunications Fiber-optic communication Digital television infrastructure Mobile phone infrastructure
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	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	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	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

• Nahuelsat S.A.
• CEATSA
• Nahuel 1A
• ARSAT-1
• ARSAT-2
• ARSAT-3

References

1. EMPRESA ARGENTINA DE SOLUCIONES SATELITALES, Federal Law No. 26,092 of 2006-04-26 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-25.
2. 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. "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 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. "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 No. 2426/2012 PEN of 2012-12-13 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-26.
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 No. 671/2014 PEJ of 2014-05-12 (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2015-08-26.
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) (Paper 1293306). SpaceOps 2012, Stockholm. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
14. "NSSDC Master Catalog - Nahuel 1A". NASA. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
15. 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.

External links

• ARSAT S.A. Official Page