Operations
For six years, Hisdesat has been providing uninterrupted secure satellite communications services to the Ministry of Defense in support of, among others, all international missions of the Spanish Armed Forces. It has also extended these services to other government organizations (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, the National Research Council (CSIC)), in the process becoming a benchmark in national security, defense and intelligence programs.
In 2007 an agreement was signed with the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs to develop secure communications for the government’s foreign activities. This project is based on two central hubs located at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the entire network being connected through the two geostationary satellites, SpainSat and XTAR-EUR. Today more than 25 Spanish embassies and consular headquarters in strategic countries have access to secure communications through this system.
Hisdesat also provides secure communications services to Ministry of the Interior projects that monitor Spain’s border with Portugal and with several African countries through the Seahorse program, supporting security operations and the fight against illegal immigration. It consists of a central 3.8-m node located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (which has a back-up station in Madrid) and eight remote 2.4-m terminals in the following locations: Portugal, Senegal, Cape Verde, Mauritania 1 and 2, Morocco, Gambia and Guinea Bissau.
Operations
For six years, Hisdesat has been providing uninterrupted secure satellite communications services to the Ministry of Defense in support of, among others, all international missions of the Spanish Armed Forces. It has also extended these services to other government organizations (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, the National Research Council (CSIC)), in the process becoming a benchmark in national security, defense and intelligence programs.
In 2007 an agreement was signed with the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs to develop secure communications for the government’s foreign activities. This project is based on two central hubs located at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the entire network being connected through the two geostationary satellites, SpainSat and XTAR-EUR. Today more than 25 Spanish embassies and consular headquarters in strategic countries have access to secure communications through this system.
Hisdesat also provides secure communications services to Ministry of the Interior projects that monitor Spain’s border with Portugal and with several African countries through the Seahorse program, supporting security operations and the fight against illegal immigration. It consists of a central 3.8-m node located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (which has a back-up station in Madrid) and eight remote 2.4-m terminals in the following locations: Portugal, Senegal, Cape Verde, Mauritania 1 and 2, Morocco, Gambia and Guinea Bissau.
Services are also provided to the Military Emergencies Unit (UME) during emergencies and natural disasters, as well as to other agencies like the CNI (National Intelligence Center), the Civil Guard and the CSIC. In the area of scientific research, we provide support to the Spanish Navy’s oceanographic research vessel Hespérides, whose 2010 Malaspina expedition to study the impact of climate change on ocean biodiversity was the largest research project in the history of the Hespérides.
On the international stage, we provide services through our American partnership, Xtar LLC, to the Department of State, the Department of Defense and various American government agencies, this government being the second largest user of our communications system.
In Europe, Hisdesat has been providing secure satellite communications services to the Danish Ministry of Defense since 2005 and to the Belgian Ministry of Defense since 2006.
In the area of the satellite-based AIS system, Hisdesat, through its Canadian venture exactEarth, currently offers services in countries like Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore and others.
