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TECHNICAL ACTIVITY

SpainSat coverage Xtar-Eur coverage

50 The third satellite, called HisNorSat, is the system is enhanced by having redundant 51 communications thanks to the incorpora-
result of the cooperation between HISDESAT control stations with scant vulnerability. tion of important technological novelties,
and the Norwegian Armed Forces, is current- such as the great number of mobile beams
ly under development and will have active All of HISDESAT’s transponders are also fully and their possible interconnection. It is in-
transponders on the military X and Ka bands. compatible and interoperable with the ex- teroperable with all existing terrestrial ter-
Its launch in 2015 will increase operational isting infrastructure for X terrestrial termi- minals on X-Band, permitting compatibility
capacity and coverage of nals in the USA, NATO and Europe. with the systems of allied countries, a factor
the global system. of high strategic value.
All of HISDESAT’s The system permits fixed and mobile com-

transponders Elements and munications for voice, data and video. It R&D
applications
is capable of working on broadband with
are also fully The system’s satellites small terminals such as those of Comms on SpainSat’s most innovative element is the
the move, “manpack”, small boats, space-
IRMA antenna, developed wholly in Spain
compatible and establish their commu- crafts, included unmanned planes (UAV’s), and which protects secure communications are currently participating in the different
nications on X-Band, submarines, etc. from interference. Other satellite units have projects, attending to criteria of technical
interoperable available only for gov- also been developed and manufactured by excellence and often competing with inter-
ernmental applications, It also facilitates Network Centric applica- the Spanish aerospace industry. national suppliers. These programmes have
with the existing which prevents their in- tions, radio transmission on the standard permitted the generation of new activities
terception or interfer- DVB-RCS2, communications for IP networks The manufacture of this new generation of in future sectors and the creation of highly
infrastructure in ence by third parties. (EOIP), high quality video-conferencing, satellites has afforded the Spanish aero- technical jobs. Spain thereby joins the small

Control of the satellites broadband internet access, etc. space industry greater participation, ob- number of countries to have such advanced
the uSA, nATo and is via an encrypted sys- taining returns of high technological value. technology in communication satellites.

Europe tem with a high level of In short, the system has greater flexibility Practically all the Spanish companies asso-
protection. In addition,
in order to provide an immediate response
the reliability of the to the changing needs of governmental ciated with aerospace have participated or