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RE: Arsat-1 satellite

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[Ariane 5] Launch of Ariane 5 Rocket carrying Intelsat 30 & ARSAT-1 Into Orbit

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Argentina launched its first domestically built communications satellite Thursday.

The ARSAT-1 satellite is the first to be constructed with local technology in Latin America. It was built by a crew of about 500 scientists over seven years at a cost of $250 million. The satellite was launched from a base in French Guiana and is to orbit 36,000 kilometres above Earth.
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Fifth launch for Ariane 5 this year

An Ariane 5 has lifted off from Europes Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana and delivered two telecom satellites, Intelsat-30/DLA-1 and Arsat-1, into their planned orbits.
Launch of flight VA220 occurred on 16 October at 21:44 GMT (23:44 CEST, 18:44 local time).
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Arianespace to launch Argentine satellite Arsat-1
Following an international call for tenders, Argentine satellite operator ARSAT has chosen Arianespace to launch its Arsat-1 satellite.
Arianespace announced today that it has signed the launch Service & Solutions contract with Argentine operator ARSAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anonima) to orbit the Arsat-1 satellite by mid-2012.
Weighing about 2,900 kg. at launch, Arsat-1 will be placed into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
Arsat-1 will be fitted with twelve 36 MHz, eight 54 MHz and four 72 MHz transponders, all in Ku band. It will offer a wide range of telecommunications, data transmission, telephone and television services mainly across all of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay.