Satellite operator ARSAT selects Arianespace to launch Arsat-1
28 Jun 2010, 00:00 UTC
Arianespace has been chosen to orbit the first geostationary satellite built in Argentina, Arsat-1 for ARSAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anonima), following an international competitive bid. An Ariane 5 or Soyuz vehicle is scheduled to launch this spacecraft - which will weigh about 2,900 kg. at liftoff - from the Spaceport in French Guiana by mid-2012.
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