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INGENIO Optical SATELLITE
PAZ Radar SATELLITE

Operation
Exploitation

HISDESAT

managing the manufacturing contract.
SPAINSAT SATELLITE
the European Space Agency (ESA) is responsible for
Industrial Technological Development (CDTI), while
It is run by the Ministry of Industry and Centre for
designed mainly to meet the needs of civilian users.
The INGENIO satellite, with optic technology, is

mainly used to meet security and defence needs.
The PAZ satellite with its radar technology is
have a dual observation and dual use system.
Spain has become the first European country to
in any weather conditions. With this programme,
for civil use, and can offer images night and day
observation technologies, radar (SAR) and optic,
currently under development, with the two space
PNOTS involves two satellites, PAZ and INGENIO,

Industry, Tourism and Trade.
of cooperation between the Ministries of Defence and
Tierra por satellite - PNOTS) was launched as a result
Programme (Programa Nacional de Observación de la
In 2007, the Spanish National Earth Observation

Earth Observation

agencies.
State Department and various US governmental
through the investee company Xtar LLc., to the US
Ministries of Defence, to the Danish Navy and,
ground segment.
Department, to the Belgian and Norwegian
in collaboration with INTA, which will provide the
communications services to the US Defense
commercial exploitation of both observation satellites,
At the international level, it provides secure
Hisdesat is responsible for the launch into orbit and