Argentina has just joined the list of nations with a satellite in outer space. The first domestically built communications satellite was launched on Thursday, October 16, 2014.
The satellite, ARSAT-1, is the first one to be constructed with local technology in Latin America. It was built at the cost of $250 million by a crew of about 500 scientist over a period of 7 years.
The ARSAT-1 satelliet was launched from a base in French Guiana and is to orbit 22,000 miles above Earth.
"ARSAT-1 is on its way to space. What a thrill," President Cristina Fernandez wrote on her Twitter account shortly after the launch.
According to Mashable, ARSAT-1 is designed to provide digital television and cellphone services to Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for the next 15 years.
It's also expected to improve telephone and Internet connections in remote places, including for scientists working in the Antarctic region.
Fernandez has said that through ARSAT-1, Argentina joins an elite group that is able to build these types of satellites.
Other nations with this capability include European Union states, the United States, Russia, China, India, Israel and Japan.
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