China gets approval to build Argentina satellite tracking station for moon missions
Base will be first of its kind overseas as part of nation’s space exploration programme
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 February, 2015, 12:19pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 26 February, 2015, 7:16pm
Associated Press in Buenos Aires
Argentina successfully launched a geostationary communications satellite that was built at home with local technology, a first for Latin America. The ARSAT-1, the product of seven years of work by a team of 400 specialists, launched from the launch pad at the ESA base in Kourou, French Guiana in October, 2014. Photo: ARSAT
Argentina successfully launched a geostationary communications satellite that was built at home with local technology, a first for Latin America. The ARSAT-1, the product of seven years of work by a team of 400 specialists, launched from the launch pad at the ESA base in Kourou, French Guiana in October, 2014. Photo: ARSAT
Argentina’s Congress has approved the installation of a Chinese satellite tracking station in the South American country’s Patagonia region.
The measure passed in the lower house with 133 votes in favour and 107 against.
Opposition lawmakers questioned the possible military use of the base and a tax exemption that will benefit the station for 50 years.
President Cristina Fernandez’s government has said the project is part of China’s plans to reach the moon in 2020.
The satellite station under construction in southern Neuquen province is China’s first outside the country for its space exploration programme.
It will be used for monitoring and downloading data through an antenna with a 35-metre diameter.
It is expected to cost US$300 million and will be operational next year.
Argentina will be able to access at least 10 per cent of the antenna’s available time to develop research projects under the two country’s agreement.
Argentina launched its first domestically-built communications satellite last year.
The ARSAT-1 satellite was the first to be constructed with technology developed in Latin America.
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Base will be first of its kind overseas as part of nation’s space exploration programme
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 26 February, 2015, 12:19pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 26 February, 2015, 7:16pm
Associated Press in Buenos Aires
Argentina successfully launched a geostationary communications satellite that was built at home with local technology, a first for Latin America. The ARSAT-1, the product of seven years of work by a team of 400 specialists, launched from the launch pad at the ESA base in Kourou, French Guiana in October, 2014. Photo: ARSAT
Argentina successfully launched a geostationary communications satellite that was built at home with local technology, a first for Latin America. The ARSAT-1, the product of seven years of work by a team of 400 specialists, launched from the launch pad at the ESA base in Kourou, French Guiana in October, 2014. Photo: ARSAT
Argentina’s Congress has approved the installation of a Chinese satellite tracking station in the South American country’s Patagonia region.
The measure passed in the lower house with 133 votes in favour and 107 against.
Opposition lawmakers questioned the possible military use of the base and a tax exemption that will benefit the station for 50 years.
President Cristina Fernandez’s government has said the project is part of China’s plans to reach the moon in 2020.
The satellite station under construction in southern Neuquen province is China’s first outside the country for its space exploration programme.
It will be used for monitoring and downloading data through an antenna with a 35-metre diameter.
It is expected to cost US$300 million and will be operational next year.
Argentina will be able to access at least 10 per cent of the antenna’s available time to develop research projects under the two country’s agreement.
Argentina launched its first domestically-built communications satellite last year.
The ARSAT-1 satellite was the first to be constructed with technology developed in Latin America.