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PAZ SATELLITE
INGENIO SATELLITE

obtaining equivalent final products.
and process data from the three satellites, thus
access stations (DAS) will allow users to receive
segments and their interconnection with direct
to the end user. Coordination of the ground
of one satellite or the other will be transparent
identical scan width and imaging modes. The use
The satellites use the same orbit and will have

applications.
applications and provide benefits for new
that fully meet the expectations of existing
missions, in order to bring to the market products
based on radar technology coordinating private
demand of the industry for Earth observation
The creation of the constellation meets the growing

portal, a single catalogue.
• Ease in making requests through a single request

applications and map generation.
• Procurement capacity is improved for surveillance

requirements.
Real Time features.
processes and applications with strict timing
allow us to offer a very flexible service with Near
between 4 and 7 days), important for interferometric
of stations, located at the customer facilities,
• The revisit time is significantly reduced (will be
(DAS) defined by the constellation. These types

station interfaces with direct access stations
following:
the design and development of the PAZ ground
customers. Among the advantages of this are the
Hisdesat also works, in coordination with INTA, on
TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X make available to
satellites by coordinating the resources that PAZ,
the first half of 2015.
Services) for the creation of a constellation of radar
placed into service (after its launch in 2014), in
with Airbus Defence and Space (formerly Astrium
to operate in a coordinated manner once PAZ is
In 2012, Hisdesat entered into an agreement
customers and both missions are being adapted
and benefits that the constellation must provide to
TerraSAR-X/PAZ Radar Satellite Constellation
Space have defined the operational requirements
At present, Hisdesat and Airbus Defence and
segment of PAZ.
forefront of Earth observation satellite operators.
performance and places the company at the
INTA is the owner and manager of the ground
allows Hisdesat to offer its customers improved
images at 300 Mbits per second on X-band.
The development of this Constellation design
image memory of 256 GB and a capacity to transmit
permitting the selection of image features. It has an
movements.
crisis management, and monitoring surface
to operate in a large number of configurations, thereby
developed in a very flexible manner, with the capability
the need for data in real time, the intensity of
with a diameter of 2.4 metres. The radar has been
to the numerous activities associated with
The satellite weighs 1,400kg and is 5 metres high,
This new constellation will provide benefits