It was originally expected to be launched from French Guiana on an Ariane 5 ECA rocket in 2019,[9] and inserted at the 81° West longitude geostationary slot.
Its foot print would cover Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and part of Paraguay.
Most presale contracts were signed during 2015 and were expecting to restart production by 2017 with the company's own resources.
The new administration elected in December 2019 agreed to reverse course and officially finance the third satellite, which was now designated ARSAT SG-1 (Second Generation-1).
[4][7] This name change reflects major improvements in SG-1's capabilities compared to the original ARSAT-3 design, including high-throughput Ka band capacity and all-electric propulsion thanks to the new GSATCOM spacecraft bus.