Spainsat satellite drawing
Spainsat - 30º West
xtar-eur satellite drawing
XTAR-EUR - 29º East

What is Hisdesat?


HISDESAT Servicios Estratégicos, S.A. was set up on July 17th, 2001, in order to supply services based on space systems, to government clients in Spain and other allied, and friendly countries. The company is specialized in the acquisition, operation and commercialization of systems orientated to space, with the purpose of providing strategic and communication services, for both civil and military applications.

HISDESAT was established as the first commercial supplier in the world to provide satellite communication services in X and Ka Band for government applications exclusively.

In order to provide these services, HISDESAT has the XTAR - EUR satellite, which was launched in February 2005 and is located at 29º East and on the satellite SPAINSAT, which was launched in March 2006 and is located at 30º West.




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