Tag: ARSAT-1

• Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:19 UTC

  Argentina launches the three-ton ARSAT-2 telecommunications satellite

  

  Argentina on Wednesday launched the ARSAT-2 spacecraft from a site in French Guyana, with the goal of providing telecommunication services across much of the Western hemisphere. ARSAT (Argentine Satellite Solutions), a state-owned company created in 2006, monitored the launch and operation of ARSAT-2 from the Benavídez Ground Station in northern Buenos Aires province.

• Friday, October 24th 2014 - 19:59 UTC

  Argentina's geostationary satellite reaches and stations in permanent orbit

  

  Argentina's Arsat-1 geostationary satellite launched last week finished the third and last maneuver in order to remain in orbit permanently, 36,000 km away from earth.

• Friday, October 17th 2014 - 07:24 UTC

  Argentina launches satellite and Cristina Fernandez slams opposition over negative attitude

  

  President Cristina Fernandez addressed the country in a national televised broadcast after Argentina’s first geostationary satellite was successfully launched on Thursday afternoon. The head of state thanked all scientists involved in the construction of ARSAT1, and seized the opportunity to slam opposition representatives over their plans for the country.

• Friday, October 17th 2014 - 07:17 UTC

  ARSAT-1 is Argentina's first designed and developed geostationary satellite

  

  The ARSAT-1 is Argentina first domestically designed and developed geostationary communications satellite, and its construction and successful launching, on Thursday, was defined by the government as “historic.”