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FULLY PERFORMING
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4.4 Operations During 2012 and for the seventh

consecutive year, Hisdesat has become consolidated as
satellite operator, maintaining fully operational and in orbit its

communications system consisting of the geostationary satellites

SpainSat and Xtar-Eur.

At the same time, preparations continued on the op-
eration of the future low orbit radar observation sat-
ellite Paz, the mission and operation of which is the
responsibility of Hisdesat. Preliminary analyses have
also been undertaken for the design and operation
of the Paz satellite’s virtual constellation with its Ger-
man counterparts TerraSar and Tandem-X.

Throughout the last year Arganda monitoring station

more than 220 operating
During 2012, the SpainSat satellite completed over
procedures were performed six years of operations in orbit, maintaining all operat-
ing systems fully operational, with all surplus units
on SpainSat in real time available.

Throughout last year more than 220 operating pro-
On the other hand, supervisory activities began on cedures were performed on the satellite in real time,
the development of the ground segment for the In- including 55 maintenance and orbital control ma-
genio observation satellite, with a view to preparing noeuvres and close to 30 procedures relating to the
for its future correct operation. communications payload. The remainder of proce-
dures applied to the satellite’s different sub-systems,
This series of missions will position Hisdesat, in the performing sensor inhibitions, adjustment of onboard
near future, as the only national operator and one of clocks, memory dumps, re-directing of panels, updat-
the few multi-mission satellite operators worldwide, in ing control parameters and test activations of surplus
both low orbit and geo-stationary orbit. units.

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