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About Hisdesat ANNUAL REPORT 2014

Corporate Structure

Hisdesat has entered into various In December 2007, Infoterra Servi- The creation of and participation in
partnerships with other compa- cios de Geoinformación was crea- this company by Hisdesat is a true
nies and international agencies in ted in order to carry out activities reflection of the growing activity
an effort to offer its services to an related to remote sensing services, being undertaken in the area of Ear-
ever expanding global marketplace. spatial imagery and data acquisi- th Observation, under the National
tion, as well as the distribution of Earth Observation by Satellite Pro-
Firstly, it set up a joint venture with gramme (PNOT).
the American company Loral Spa- high-resolution satellite data and
ce & Communications in the United the development of geo-infor- A joint venture has also been establis-
States, creating Xtar LLC with the mation applications and services. hed in Canada between COMDEV and
aim of providing satellite commu- Hisdesat holds 20% of the share Hisdesat, with the aim of providing
nications services to government capital, the other shareholders services based on the AIS satellite
agencies through its network of being Astrium SAS with 60% and maritime traffic information system
communications satellites. Hisdesat the Instituto Cartográfico de Cata- through the Canadian company exac-
holds a 44% stake in the company. luña with 20%. tEarth. Hisdesat has a 27% holding.

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