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achieve this, our focus is again placed on the
band, Earth Observation and AIS. In order to
business lines: government services in the X
in our market with the addition of the different
future years. We hope to have a greater presence
which will allow these figures to be surpassed in
the strategic future of the company are planned,
evidenced by these positive figures. The bases of
In short, 2013 was a good year for Hisdesat as

considerable increase compared to 2012.
And net profit totalled 22.5 million Euros, a
recorded by the company since its inception.
reached 47.1 million Euros, the highest figure
income amounting to 61.9 million Euros. EBITDA
Hisdesat closed the 2013 financial year with net
CEO of Hisdesat
Miguel Ángel Panduro Panadero
figure that has doubled in the last year.
more than 50 customers across five continents, a
almost 100 million AIS messages per day to its
inquestionable support.
of microsatellites, the company now provides
Thanks to the expansion of the constellation
the members of the Board of Directors for their
your commitment and also, I would like to thank
challenges in the coming year. Thank you all for
the market.
delivery and excellence. We will surely face new
Dollars, securing approximately an 80% share of
the year that amounted to 14.4 million Canadian
faithfully works in line with the premise of service
work of the entire Hisdesat team that every day,
Canadian Dollars with a level of contracting for
Finally, I would like to highlight the professional
system for vessel tracking reached, 12 million
COMDEV), manager of the global monitoring
investment in research and development.
exactEarth (joint-venture between Hisdesat and
forecasts. The income earned by the company
focus, favouring the creation of skilled jobs and
the creation of programmes with an international
(AIS) satellite activity increased in line with
sector of high technological innovation through
In another area, the maritime traffic information
such confidence and thus continue to support this
should be in a position to continue generating
Observer Programme in the most efficient manner.
Airbus Defence & Space facility in Madrid. We
integration of the two satellites in the National
satellite, which took place in September at the
the European Space Agency (ESA) to ensure the
completion of the integration of the PAZ radar
de Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial - CDTI) and
and strategic component. Proof of this was the
for Industrial Technological Development (Centro
maintains a close collaboration with the Centre
capabilities supplemented by a strong innovative
development of the ground segment. Hisdesat
of the few countries in the world that has these
both in the manufacture of the satellite and the
communications programme and PNOT, is one
has continued to reach milestones during 2013,
on investment. Spain, with the government
is the INGENIO optical technology satellite that
share of our industry and significant returns
manufacture of our satellites generates a large
Nacional de Observación de la Tierra - PNOT)
and drive the Spanish aerospace industry. The
National Earth Observation Programme (Programa
In addition to this satellite, within the Spanish
We are also continuing our efforts to promote
attract new customers from around the world.
and data acquisition functionality.
services with regard to revisit time, service reliability
international expansion that has enabled us to