ARSAT

{{short description|Argentine government-owned telecommunications company incorporated in 2006}}

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| image = Estación Terrena Benavídez 01.jpg

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| image_caption = ARSAT headquarters in Benavídez, Tigre Partido, Buenos Aires

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| native_name = Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima AR-SAT

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| type = Sociedad Anónima

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| industry = {{ublist|Satellite telecommunications|Fiber-optic communication|Digital television infrastructure|Mobile phone infrastructure}}

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| predecessor = Nahuelsat S.A.

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| founded = {{start date|2006|04|26}} in Buenos Aires, Argentina

| founder = Government of Argentina

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| hq_location = Avenida del Libertador 498 – Piso 21

| hq_location_city = Buenos Aires

| hq_location_country = Argentina

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| area_served = Argentina, South America, North America

| key_people = {{ublist|Matías BIANCHI VILLELLI (Chairman)|Guillermo RUS (Vice-Chairman)|Hugo Iván COUSTAU (Director)|Fernando PÉREZ (Director)|Marcelo TESORO (Director)}}

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| owner = Government of Argentina

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| num_employees = 400

| num_employees_year = June 2014

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| website = {{URL|https://www.arsat.com.ar/|arsat.com.ar}}

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Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima AR-SAT, usually known simply as ARSAT, is an Argentine government-owned telecommunications company incorporated in 2006 as a Sociedad Anónima through the federal law 26.092.{{cite web|url= http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/115000-119999/115886/norma.htm|title=Ley 26.092: Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales|website=infoleg.gov.ar|publisher=Centro de documentación e información, Ministerio de economía y finanzas públicas|access-date=11 February 2016}} 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%).{{cite act|url=http://infoleg.mecon.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/115000-119999/115886/norma.htm|title=Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales|type=Federal Law|number=26,092|year=2006|language=Spanish|date=26 April 2006|accessdate=2015-08-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427134617/http://infoleg.mecon.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/115000-119999/115886/norma.htm|archivedate=2016-04-27}}{{cite book|url=http://www.arsat.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/el_sector_espacial_argentino1.pdf|title=El Sector Espacial Argentino|trans-title=The Argentina Space Sector|last=Drewes|first=Lorena|publisher=ARSAT|page=27|date=September 2014|isbn=978-987-45569-0-5|language=es|format=PDF|access-date=2015-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173941/http://www.arsat.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/el_sector_espacial_argentino1.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead}}

Business lines

=Current business products=

{{As of|2014||df=}}, ARSAT had four business lines:

TDA ({{Langx|es|Televisión Digital Abierta}}): A country wide digital terrestrial television SATVD-T broadcasting network.{{cite act|url=http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/155000-159999/157212/norma.htm|title=Créase el Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre.|type=Decree|number=1148/2009 PEN|year=2009|language=Spanish|date=31 August 2009|accessdate=2015-08-26}} The Argentine government ordered a national terrestrial network, where all licensed broadcasting stations can get their programs transmitted through the common system.{{cite act|url=http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/155000-159999/157212/norma.htm|title=Apruébase el Acuerdo para la conformación del Consejo Asesor del Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre.|type=Resolution|number=1785/2009 MdPFIPyS|year=2009|language=Spanish|date=18 September 2009|accessdate=2015-08-26}}{{cite act|url=http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/155000-159999/158649/norma.htm|title=Servicios de Comunicacion Audiovisual|type=Federal Law|number=26,522|language=es|date=10 October 2008|accessdate=2015-08-25}} ARSAT is in charge of developing and installing the initial 90 broadcasting stations.
Argentine Geostationary Communication Satellite System (SSGAT for {{Langx|es|Sistema Satelital Geoestacionario Argentino de Telecomunicaciones}}): The Argentine 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 (ReFeFO for {{Langx|es|Red Federal de Fibra Óptica}}): The Argentine government has funded a {{convert|52000|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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 ground station in Benavídez, Tigre Partido, Buenos Aires, ARSAT has built and operates a {{convert|4200|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.ceatsa.com.ar/empresa/sobre-ceatsa|title=Sobre CEATSA|trans-title=About CEATSA|publisher=CEATSA|access-date=2015-09-04|language=es}}

=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.{{cite act|url=http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/205000-209999/206135/norma.htm|title=Reglamento sobre Administración, Gestión y Control del Espectro Radioeléctrico. Reglamento de Licencias para Servicios de Telecomunicaciones. Modificación.|type=Decree|number=2426/2012 PEN|year=2012|language=Spanish|date=13 December 2012|accessdate=2015-08-26}} This was possible because the Government had kept a set of frequency bands for a national network operator.{{cite web|url=http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201302/7064-registraron-a-arsat-como-prestadora-de-servicios-moviles.html|archivedate=2022-03-31|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20220331084750/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201302/7064-registraron-a-arsat-como-prestadora-de-servicios-moviles.html|title=Registraron a ARSAT como prestadora de servicios móviles|trans-title=ARSAT was registered as a cellular phone operator|date=2013-02-07|publisher=Telam|language=es|access-date=2015-08-24}} The program never materialized and just 18 months later the frequencies were put up for auction.{{cite act|url=http://www.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/225000-229999/229866/norma.htm|title=Decreto Nº 671/2014. Déjanse sin efecto artículos.|type=Decree|number=671/2014 PEJ|year=2014|language=Spanish|date=12 May 2014|accessdate=2015-08-26}}{{cite web|url=http://www.infobae.com/2014/05/14/1564189-el-gobierno-oficializo-la-licitacion-del-4g-y-reconocio-que-no-habra-una-empresa-estatal-celulares|title=El Gobierno oficializó la licitación del 4G y reconoció que no habrá una empresa estatal de celulares|trans-title=Government made the 4G spectrum auction official and recognized that there will not be a public cellular company|date=2014-05-14|publisher=InfoBAE.com|language=es|access-date=2015-08-26}}

Satellites

Satellite	Launch (UTC)	Launch Vehicle	Launch Site	Orbit	Payload	Status	Notes
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Nahuel 1A	{{start date\|1997\|01\|30\|22\|04\|00\|7=Z}}	Ariane 44L (V93)	Guiana Space Centre ELA-2	GSO 71.8 West	27 K_u band TPE	{{bad\|Retired on {{dts\|2010-06-07}}}}	Launched along GE-2{{cite web\|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nahuel-1.htm\|title=Nahuel 1A\|last=Krebs\|first=Gunter Dirk\|publisher=Gunter's Space Page\|date=2015-08-01\|access-date=2015-08-25}}{{cite journal\|last1=Boado\|first1=Gustavo\|last2=Nahuys\|first2=Hugo\|date=June 2012\|title=Flying a Crippled Satellite\|url=http://www.spaceops2012.org/proceedings/documents/id1293306-Paper-002.pdf\|url-status=dead\|format=PDF\|journal=SpaceOps\|location=Stockholm\|publisher=SpaceOps 2012\|issue=Paper 1293306\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409081325/http://www.spaceops2012.org/proceedings/documents/id1293306-Paper-002.pdf\|archive-date=2016-04-09\|access-date=2015-08-25}}{{cite web\|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1997-002B\|title=NSSDC Master Catalog – Nahuel 1A\|publisher=NASA\|access-date=2015-08-25}}{{cite web\|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt\|title=Launch Log\|first=Jonathan\|last=McDowell\|work=Jonathan's Space Page\|access-date=2015-08-25}}
ARSAT-1	{{start date\|2014\|10\|16\|21\|43\|52\|7=Z}}	Ariane 5ECA (VA220)	Guiana Space Centre ELA-3	GSO 71.8 West	32 K_u band TPE	{{good\|{{dts\|format=hide\|{{date}}}}Operational}}	Launched along Intelsat 30{{cite web\|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/10/arsat-1-argentina-communicate-heightened-space-ambitions/\|title=ArSat-1: Argentina to communicate its heightened space ambitions\|last=Belluscio\|first=Alejandro G.\|publisher=NASA SpaceFlight\|date=2014-10-06\|access-date=2015-08-25}}
ARSAT-2	{{start date\|2015\|09\|30\|20\|30\|00\|7=Z}}	Ariane 5ECA (VA226)	Guiana Space Centre ELA-3	GSO 81 West	24 IEEE K_u band TPE and 13 C band TPE	{{good\|{{dts\|format=hide\|{{date}}}}Operational}}{{cite web\|url=http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f74fd17f5bbe2331dc7dd3469&id=fbde533b3c&e=a81af3739e\|title=El ARSAT-2 llegó a órbita geoestacionaria\|trans-title=The ARSAT-2 has reached the geostationary orbit\|publisher=ARSAT S.A.\|date=2015-10-10\|access-date=2015-10-10\|language=es}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.urgente24.com/255106-sin-definicion-estrategica-de-macri-arsat-busca-su-destino-de-la-mano-de-privados\|title=Sin definición estratégica de Macri, ARSAT busca su destino de la mano de privados\|trans-title=With no strategic decision from Macri, ARSAT searches for a private hand\|publisher=Urgente 24\|language=es\|date=2016-07-28\|access-date=2016-07-29}}	Launched along Sky Muster
ARSAT SG-1	2025{{cite web \|last=Jewett \|first=Rachel \|url=https://www.satellitetoday.com/connectivity/2023/03/20/arsat-taps-cpi-for-arsat-sg1-gateway-systems/ \|title=Arsat Taps CPI for ARSAT-SG1 Gateway Systems \|work=Via Satellite \|date=20 March 2023 \|access-date=14 December 2023}}	{{abbr\|TBA\|To Be Announced}}	{{abbr\|TBA\|To Be Announced}}	GSO 81 West	multi spot K_a band bent-pipe	{{TBA\| {{dts\|format=hide\|2015-09-30}}In Development}}	Under construction.{{cite web \|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/business/tech/turkey-seals-1st-satellite-export-deal-with-argentina-based-firm \|title=Turkey seals 1st satellite export deal with Argentina-based firm \|work=Daily Sabah \|date=2021-08-20 \|access-date=2021-11-23}}{{cite web \|last=Henry \|first=Caleb \|url=https://spacenews.com/argentine-operator-arsat-revives-plans-for-third-satellite/ \|title=Argentine operator Arsat revives plans for third satellite \|work=SpaceNews \|date=2020-03-19 \|access-date=2020-03-20}}

References

External links

{{Official website}}

Category:Communications satellite operators

Category:Direct broadcast satellite services

Category:Space programme of Argentina

Category:Government-owned companies of Argentina