Fernando Gatti - Credit: Convergencia
Fernando Gatti, its Engineering Director, announced it at NPlay Southern Cone 2024. He noted that they hope to do it during the first quarter of next year. The manufacturing of the satellite is carried out by Astranis. “The objective is to be able to manage the entire chain, to choose where we put the bandwidth,” added Gatti. On the other hand, by having their own fleet they aim to lower costs “in order to even narrow the digital divide.”
In dialogue with Convergencia, Gatti estimated that the cost of the new satellite is around US$80 million.