ARSAT 1 at 72° W
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 72° WChannel line-up at 72° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 40272
- COSPAR number
- 2014-062B
- Operator
- ARSAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anonima)
- Manufacturer
- INVAP
- Model
- ARSat-Bus
- Launch
- 16 Oct 2014 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 2900 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ku-band Argentina beam (Ku band) View footprint
About ARSAT 1
24 Ku-band transponders to provide data, telephone, and television transmission services for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Currently being tested at 81 West orbital position