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Who is ARSAT?
ARSAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales Sociedad Anónima) is an Argentine state-owned telecommunications and satellite services company that operates national satellite, fiber-optic, and data infrastructure for public- and private-sector users.
- Operation of geostationary communications satellites and satellite capacity services (satellite communications).
- Deployment and management of a national federal fiber-optic network for wholesale connectivity (backbone networking).
- Internet, transport, and infrastructure services for government entities, carriers, and service providers (connectivity services).
- Data center hosting and related infrastructure services for institutional and enterprise workloads (data center services).
- Broadcast and content distribution services for television and other media platforms (broadcast transmission).
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ARSAT is a state-owned corporation under Argentine law with a mandate to design, deploy, and operate telecommunications and satellite infrastructure that supports national connectivity, public services, and private-sector communications. Its offerings are used by government agencies, provincial and municipal entities, telecom operators, and enterprise customers that require access to satellite capacity, backbone connectivity, or co-location services within Argentina’s territory.
On the space segment, ARSAT operates geostationary communications satellites that provide coverage over Argentina and portions of the surrounding region (satellite communications). These satellites support fixed satellite services, including television distribution, corporate data links, and IP-based services. Enterprise and institutional users typically consume this capacity through very small aperture terminal (VSAT) networks, broadcast uplinks, or carrier interconnects. Service delivery relies on standard Satellite Communications (Satcom) protocols, radiofrequency planning in Ku and other bands as applicable, and integration with terrestrial IP and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks on the ground segment.
On the terrestrial side, ARSAT manages a federal fiber-optic network that functions as a wholesale backbone across Argentine territory (backbone networking). This network interconnects provinces, main urban centers, and various regional aggregation points, and is used by Internet Service Providers (ISP), mobile operators, and government networks for long-haul transport. The platform typically aligns with carrier-grade architectures, using technologies such as Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) for optical transport and MPLS or similar mechanisms at the packet layer to support multiple tenants and classes of service.
ARSAT also operates data center facilities that provide hosting, co-location, and infrastructure services for government systems and enterprise workloads (data center services). These environments are interconnected with the ARSAT backbone and satellite infrastructure, enabling hybrid architectures where applications can reach end users via fiber, satellite, or a combination of both. For public-sector clients, this can support e-government platforms, critical registries, and national information systems that require domestic hosting and integration with secure government networks.
In the broadcasting domain, ARSAT offers services for television and content distribution over satellite and terrestrial networks (broadcast transmission). This includes uplink and downlink services, contribution and distribution feeds for broadcasters, and integration into digital terrestrial television coverage where applicable. In an enterprise IT marketplace, ARSAT can be categorized across several domains: Satcom services for connectivity in remote or underserved locations; backbone and wholesale transport services for carriers and large organizations; and data center and hosting services for workloads that require physical presence within Argentina’s jurisdiction and network footprint.
Our description of ARSAT. Updated December 2025.
