Argentina successfully launched the second self-made geostationary satellite

The Arsat 2 geostationary satellite made by Argentine scientists is on the way to Earth orbit at 81 degrees east longitude and 36,000km from the ground after being successfully launched on September 30 at the launch site. Kourou in French territory of Guyana in South America.

Argentina successfully launched the Arsat 2 geostationary satellite

President Cristina Fernandez appreciated the event and said that all of Arsat 2 's activities would be monitored by an underground checkpoint in the Benavidez area of ​​Buenos Aires province.

Fernandez also said it would submit to the National Assembly legislation concerning the development of the cosmic industry to continue pursuing important space research projects.

The Ariane 5 rocket carrying Arsat 2 satellite was launched at Kourou launch site.(Source: spacenews.com).

Under the bill, the Argentine government will invest $ 1.2 billion to produce eight more satellites in the period 2015-2035 and Arsat 3 will soon be launched into space.

The director of the Arsat geostationary program, Matías Bianchi, affirmed that Argentina's Arsat satellite development project was initiated by the late President Nestor Kirchner and continued to be developed by his wife, current president Fernandez. Its position is high in the international arena.

Unlike Arsat 1, also produced by Argentine experts, launched on October 16 last year, Arsat 2 has three Ku band antennas instead of one.

With a design life of 15 years, the satellite will provide IP telephony, digital television, Internet and data transmission to Argentina and some neighboring countries.

Within the framework of the Arsat satellite production project, Argentina plans to build 3 geostationary satellite satellites.

So far, only the US, Russia, China, Japan, Israel, India, the European Union (EU) and Argentina have been able to manufacture large satellites like Arsat.