ARSAT 2 at 81° W
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 81° WChannel line-up at 81° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 40941
- COSPAR number
- 2015-054B
- Operator
- ARSAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anonima)
- Manufacturer
- INVAP
- Model
- ARSat-Bus
- Launch
- 30 Sept 2015 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 2900 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Callsign
- S2956
- Beacon
- 3700.25V, 3701.25H, 11701.75, 12198.25
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- C-band Americas beam (C band) View footprint
- Ku-band North America beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band South America beam (Ku band) View footprint
About ARSAT 2
26 Ku-band (2 beams) and 10 C-band (hemi beam) equivalent transponders to provide a wide range of telecommunications, data transmission, Internet and television services, primarily across the Americas from Argentina to Canada.