ARSAT 1

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ARSAT 1 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 40272

Int'l Code: 2014-062B

Perigee: 35,784.3 km

Apogee: 35,804.0 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 16, 2014
Source: Argentina (ARGN)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

ARSAT-1 is a geostationary communications satellite operated by AR-SAT and built by the Argentinian company INVAP. It is expected to be located at 72Âº 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. 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.

1 40272U 14062B   24324.99511962 -.00000258  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 40272   0.0614  82.3636 0002333 168.7597  94.8299  1.00270377 36850

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC