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ArSat
Argentinian agency. ArSat, Argentina.

AKA: Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales S.A.;Nahuelsat (1993). Location: Buenos Aires.

Nahuelsat was founded in 1993 by three European aerospace companies Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Germany), Aerospatiale (France) and Alenia Spazio (Italy). Other companies joined, with GE Americom increasing its stake in 1997, the same year Nahuelsat launched the Nahuel 1 satellite. In 2005 what was by then SES Americom withdrew, and Nahuelsat was reorganized into ArSat, a government-designated Argentine national satellite operator. As of 2007 Ar-Sat's only asset was still the single Nahuel 1 satellite, positioned at 71.8ºW, expected to remain operational until 2009. Control of the satellite was handled by a ground station at Benavidez near Buenos Aires and a backup station at Bosque Alegre near Cordoba.



Country: Argentina. Projects: Nahuel.

1997 January 30 - . 22:04 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA2. LV Family: Ariane. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L.

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