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ARSAT-1
Geostationary communications satellite operated by ARSAT and built by the Argentine company INVAP. ARSAT-1 was launched on October 16, 2014 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-062BNORAD 40272Argentina
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ARSAT-1
- International designator
- 2014-062B
- NORAD catalog number
- 40272
- GCAT identifier
- S40272
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/738
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- ARSAT
- Owner
- AR-SAT
- Country
- Argentina
- Builder
- Investigaciones Aplicads Sociedad del Estado (INVAP SE)
- Platform (bus)
- ARSAT-Bus
Launch
- Date
- October 16, 2014 · 21:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-062Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,779 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,983 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 3.1 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 16.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4653923 (CC0).