ARSAT-1

Spacecraft nº:

Argentina spacecraft nº: 22

Launch data: Designation  40272 / 14062B Launch date  16 Oct 2014 - 21:44 UT Launch site  Ko, ELA-3 Launch vehicle  Ariane-5ECA (VA220) Mission  Communication Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35775 x 35790 km Eccentricity   Inclination   0.03° Period  1435.90 min

Description:

• ARSAT-1 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by AR-SAT and built by the Argentinian company INVAP. It is expected to be located at 72º West longitude geostationary slot. ARSAT-1 is the first geostationary satellite built in Latin America. Total cost of the satellite is 270 millon US dollars. ARSAT-1 carries a total of 24 IEEE Ku band (NATO J-band) transponders. Twelve will be operating at 36 MHz, eight at 54 MHz and four at 72 MHz. It will offer a wide range of telecommunications, data transmission, telephone and television services mainly across all of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay including direct broadcast TV in the ISDB-S standard.

Mission details:

• Ariane mission VA220, vehicle 574, launched two communications satellites to GTO on Oct 16, 2014.
  Payloads were the Intelsat/DirectTV joint venture, IS-30/ISDLA-1; and Argentina's first domestic GEO comsat, ARSAT-1. IS-30's Ku-band payload is leased to DirectTV as DLA-1 for broadcast to Latin America.

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