ARSAT-1
ARSAT-1 in INVAP.
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| Mission type | Communication |
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| Operator | AR-SAT |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-062B |
| SATCAT № | 40272 |
| Mission duration | 15 years |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | ARSAT-1 |
| Bus | ARSAT-3K |
| Manufacturer |
INVAP Thales Alenia Space |
| Launch mass | 2,985 kilograms (6,581 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 16 October 2014, 21:43 UTC |
| Rocket | Ariane 5ECA |
| Launch site | Kourou ELA-3 |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Longitude | 72° West |
| Perigee | 35,787 kilometres (22,237 mi) |
| Apogee | 35,799 kilometres (22,244 mi) |
| Inclination | 0.02 degrees |
| Period | 1436.13 minutes |
| Epoch | 24 January 2015, 05:32:19 UTC |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 24 IEEE Ku band |
| Coverage area | Southern South America |
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ARSAT-1 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by AR-SAT and built by the Argentine company INVAP. ARSAT-1 was launched into orbit on October 16, 2014 from French Guiana alongside Intelsat-30 satellite using an Ariane 5 rocket. It is expected to be located at 72° 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, for a total bandwidth of 1152 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.
The ARSAT-1 is the first flight model of the ARSAT-3K satellite bus developed by INVAP for ARSAT S.A.. It is a small (around 3 t (3.3 tons) at launch) platform with a 350 kg (770 lb) maximum payload mass and 3.5 kW of payload power consumption at the satellite end of life. It uses an integrated chemical propulsion system supplied by EADS Astrium for both orbit raising and station keeping.
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