Page 40 - hisdeSAT annual report 2012
P. 40
Paz satellite
The current development of Paz sets out a launch
date for the first quarter of 2014, which is being coor-
dinated by the company Kosmotras, which will handle
the launch of the satellite.
Hisdesat, in its role as Paz
Paz AIS panel operator, has maintained a
high degree of collaboration
which was integrated into Paz. It is important to note
that the combined satellite-AIS trials have been very with INTA, responsible for the
satisfactory and it is deemed that the afore-men- ground segment
tioned payload is definitively operational in Paz. The
close collaboration of Hisdesat with ExactEarth during
this development has permitted the manufacture and
integration of the AIS payload in record time from
when the decision was made to include it, without in-
curring any delays in the programme whatsoever. The Paz ground segment continued its manufacturing
phase during 2012, with the majority of its compo-
In addition the units which make up the Radio Occul- nents having passed CDR’s. Hisdesat, in its role as
tation experiment were integrated into the Paz satel- Paz operator, has maintained a high degree of col-
lite, and after an exhaustive campaign of trials are laboration with INTA, responsible for the afore-men-
now considered to be operational in Paz. tioned ground segment.
40
