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PAZ SATELLITE

business opportunities abroad”.
assessment of natural disasters, as well as significant
of security and defence, environmental monitoring, the
images which produce countless benefits in the areas
for the development of our country. PAZ generates
Hisdesat are making the PAZ Programme a success
partnerships between the Central Government and
“The commitment to Spanish R&D and public-private
In the words of Miguel Ángel Panduro, CEO of Hisdesat,

García Montaño.
General of Weapons and Material, Juan Manuel
Juan Antonio Carrasco Juan and the Directorate-
Francisco Javier García Arnaiz; Joint Chiefs of Staff,
of CDTI, Elisa Robles; Chief of Staff of the Air Force,
attending the event, including the Managing Director
forces and industry was clear from the senior figures
The support received from the government, armed

Civil Service and industry players
in the ESA’s facilities in Madrid.
Head of the Flight Operations Office. This took place
was attended by the Armed Forces,
Duque, Astronaut in the European Space Agency and
the integration of the PAZ satellite
space”, with a prologue by the Spaniard Pedro
launch of the informational book: “A walk through
The ceremony for completion of
TEDAE, with which it has also cooperated on the
the Spanish space sector, the pro-space commission
Hisdesat is a member of the professional association for
imaging for many applications.
Spain to ensure its sovereignty in terms of satellite
methodological developments.
created with the aim of providing autonomy to
industry and users around operational scenarios and
and Industry, Energy and Tourism, which was
brought together scientific groups, service providers,
project run by the Spanish Ministries of Defence
“Operational Earth Observation Systems”. The event
that have contributed to its components. PAZ is a
Association (AET) held at INTA’s facilities with the title
played an important role, involving 18 companies
Conference of the Spanish Remote Sensing
in which the Spanish aerospace industry has
In October, Hisdesat also sponsored the 15th
functional tests in Madrid of the PAZ satellite,
completion of the production, integration and
Other events
The purpose of the event was to announce the
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