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Coverage of Xtar-Eur satellite

Within the framework of the AIS satellite system, His-
desat, through the investee company, exactEarth, con-
tinues to provide services in countries such as Canada
and has extended its activity in the Pacific area. It
should also be noted that the Paz synthetic aperture
radar, for the observation of earth, would bring togeth-
er within one same satellite for the very first time in was launched from Baikonur (Kazhakstan). EV1 car-
history, signals from the Automatic Identification Sys- ries a second generation AIS detection load for the
purposes of significantly improving the detection of
vessels and tracking their performance, particularly in
A significant new agreement areas which record heavy maritime traffic. EV1 uses

has been signed with the North high speed communications on S and C bands, to fre-
quently send information to terrestrial stations located
Atlantic Treaty Organization in Svalbard (Norway), Guildford (United Kingdom), as
well as other locations throughout the world.
(NATO) for the supply of AIS
On the other hand, exactEarth signed a significant
data by satellite new agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation (NATO) to provide them with AIS Satellite data
at their central offices MC Northwood and JFC Naples,
tem by satellite (AIS), with radar capabilities, for the which provide specialist maritime information to the
purposes of improving the safety of worldwide mari- Alliance of Member States. This contract was won af-
time traffic, thereby opening the doors to new service ter a competitive tender amongst AIS data providers
contracts, increasingly global and complete. based in space. NATO’s Maritime Operation Centres
(MOC Northwood and MOC Naples) and the NATO
In the month of July, the AIS micro-satellite exact- Navigation Centre (NSC) acquire exactAIS® data for
View™ 1 (EV1), integrated within the launcher Soyuz, use within the framework of Operation Ocean Shield,

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