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4.5 Management and control of

communications payload The satisfactory

provision of services at national and international level, the

continual and regular presentation of proposals to both existing and
potential clients and the evaluation of new satellite communication

services, have been the three fundamental cornerstones of

Hisdesat’s strategy during this financial year, always with the

objective of providing a better quality service to clients.

Within the context of our country, Hisdesat continues
to provide normal secure communication services to
the Ministry of Defence, favouring and simplifying a
large part of the actions carried out by our Armed
Forces in the fulfilment of their peacekeeping mis-
sions. We also extended coverage with the Estado
Mayor de la Defensa (EMAD), services continue to
be provided to the National Intelligence Centre (CNI),
the Civil Guard and to the Spanish National Research
Council (CSIC), in the field of scientific activities
(oceanographic vessel Hespérides) and the Generali-
tat of Valencia.

The Seahorse Project meets the

communications requirements of Hisdesat continues to be involved with the “Sea-
horse” Project which meets the communications re-
the Directorate General of the quirements of the Directorate General of the Civil/
Fiscal Guard and Borders, in operation since 2008,
Civil/Fiscal Guard and Borders and the principal contractor for which is the company

Indra. Within this framework, its network was expand-
ed with the inclusion of three new nodes and now
A contract was also established with the Ministry of finally comprises a central 3’8m node in Las Palmas
Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, for the extension de Gran Canaria, which also has a back-up station in
of services to embassies, covering a network which Madrid, and 8 remote 2’4m terminals, the locations
is growing annually, both in number and in perfor- for which are: Portugal, Senegal, Cape Verde, Mauri-
mance, as well as in service quality. tania 1 and 2, Morocco, Gambia and Guinea Bissau.

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