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HIGHTLIGHTS 2012

3.1 Secure Communications With the

launch in 2006 of SpainSat, the second satellite in the Spanish
governmental communications programme (SpainSat and Xtar-

Eur), Hisdesat consolidated its range of secure communications, at

both national and international level.

Hisdesat has been providing secure satellite commu- thereby opening up a range of possibilities for the provi-
nication services, for the last seven years in a regular sion of more efficient and effective solutions in matters
and uninterrupted manner, to the Ministry of Defence, of foreign policy, security and defence, in peacekeeping
providing support amongst others to all of the Span- and natural disaster aid missions.
ish Armed Forces international missions. It has also
extended said services to other governmental organ- During the 2012 financial year, the services associ-
isations (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Home Office, ated with this programme continued to be provided
CSIC), thereby becoming a leading operator in na- with normality via SpainSat, which represented a
tional security, defence and intelligence programmes. tremendous boost in the field of communications of
high strategic value. Spain thereby possesses a high
degree of autonomy and response capability, in ac-
cordance with the current needs of our country.
For 7 years now we have

been providing the Ministry of Due to the confidence generated by the quality of the
service with the Ministry of Defence, Hisdesat has
Defence with secure satellite extended its field of operations at national level. In
the year 2007 an agreement was signed between the
communication services Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs for the de-
velopment of secure communications destined for the
State’s foreign activities. The project is based on two
central hubs located in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
The new technological advances built into the Spain- with the entire network being interlinked through the
Sat satellite guarantee interference-free communication, geostationary satellites (SpainSat and Xtar-Eur).

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