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ARSAT
	ARSAT headquarters in Benavídez, Tigre Partido, Buenos Aires
Native name	Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima AR-SAT
Company 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	arsat.com.ar
	Footnotes / references;

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.^[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

As of 2014^[update], ARSAT had 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 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 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 ground station in Benavídez, Tigre Partido, Buenos Aires, 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 (UTC) (1997-01-30T22:04:00Z)	Ariane 44L (V93)	Guiana Space Centre ELA-2	GSO 71.8 West	27 K_u band TPE	Retired on June 7, 2010	Launched along GE-2^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
ARSAT-1	21:43:52, October 16, 2014 (UTC) (2014-10-16T21:43:52Z)	Ariane 5ECA (VA220)	Guiana Space Centre ELA-3	GSO 71.8 West	32 K_u band TPE	Operational	Launched along Intelsat 30^[15]^[16]
ARSAT-2	20:30:00, September 30, 2015 (UTC) (2015-09-30T20:30:00Z)	Ariane 5ECA (VA226)	Guiana Space Centre ELA-3	GSO 81 West	24 IEEE K_u band TPE and 13 C band TPE	Operational^[17]^[18]	Launched along Sky Muster^[2]
ARSAT SG-1	2025^[19]	TBA	TBA	GSO 81 West	multi spot K_a band bent-pipe	In Development	Under construction.^[20]^[21]

References

^ ^a ^b Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales (Federal Law 26,092) (in Spanish). 26 April 2006. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2015-08-25.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Drewes, Lorena (September 2014). El Sector Espacial Argentino [The Argentina Space Sector] (PDF) (in Spanish). ARSAT. p. 27. ISBN 978-987-45569-0-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
^ "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.
^ Créase el Sistema Argentino de Televisión Digital Terrestre (Decree 1148/2009 PEN) (in Spanish). 31 August 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-26.{{cite report}}: 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). 18 September 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-26.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Servicios de Comunicacion Audiovisual (Federal Law 26,522) (in Spanish). 10 October 2008. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
^ "Sobre CEATSA" [About CEATSA] (in Spanish). CEATSA. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
^ Reglamento sobre Administración, Gestión y Control del Espectro Radioeléctrico. Reglamento de Licencias para Servicios de Telecomunicaciones. Modificación (Decree 2426/2012 PEN) (in Spanish). 13 December 2012. Retrieved 2015-08-26.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ "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.
^ Decreto Nº 671/2014. Déjanse sin efecto artículos (Decree 671/2014 PEJ) (in Spanish). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-26.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ "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). SpaceOps (Paper 1293306). Stockholm: SpaceOps 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Sin definición estratégica de Macri, ARSAT busca su destino de la mano de privados" [With no strategic decision from Macri, ARSAT searches for a private hand] (in Spanish). Urgente 24. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
^ Jewett, Rachel (20 March 2023). "Arsat Taps CPI for ARSAT-SG1 Gateway Systems". Via Satellite. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
^ "Turkey seals 1st satellite export deal with Argentina-based firm". Daily Sabah. 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
^ Henry, Caleb (2020-03-19). "Argentine operator Arsat revives plans for third satellite". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2020-03-20.