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Performing at full capacity

3.1 Communication and

Promotional Activities

Hisdesat’s leading role in the pro- and technological innovations, was
motion and consolidation of the one of the aims of Unvex’14.
Space/Defence industry, both as
The world of education and ou-
a promoter and operator of new
programs, has been instrumental in treach took centre stage at the
maintaining a regular participation interactive exhibition Phänomen-
schedule in seminars, conferences, ta, with the slogan: “Participate
forums and fairs, both nationally and Experiment”, held in Alcalá de
and internationally. The company Henares (Madrid) during March.
has also sponsored several awards Hisdesat once again shared its
and has maintained its commitment knowledge about the exciting
to the education and university sec- world of communication satelli-
tor, while its expert speakers have tes, Earth observation and mari-
shared their knowledge and a ran- time traffic information. Miguel
ge of visions of the satellite market, Angel Garcia Primo, Director of
Operations, New Programmes
with the aim of facilitating the ac-
and Business Development at
cess of society to Space.
the company, led the presentation
The Unvex’14 Fair held in Ma- that brought together a number of
drid from 4 to 6 March, was the educational institutions.
starting point for
Hisdesat is the the company’s spea- The exhibition featured 25 inte-
ractive science experiments
undisputed leader king activity. Hisdes- aimed at all audiences, allowing
of the Spanish at reconfirmed its visitors to experiment first hand
commitment to this
satellite industry promising field, and with the law of gravity, with speed
and equilibrium – and be surpri-
participated with a lec- sed by the results. Phänomenta is
ture entitled: “Safe Satellite Com- a project created by Phänomenta
munications for the Command, Flensburg, Germany’s oldest re-
Control and Integration of UAVs search centre, and the University
with other ISR Systems” presen- of Flensburg, and has visited more
ted by Miguel Angel Garcia Primo, than 100 centres in Europe.
Director of Operations, New Pro-
grammes and Business Develop- The Latin American market is
ment at Hisdesat. The UAV market an essential part of Hisdesat’s
has many applications in the areas business. With this in mind, the
of Defence and Security, as well as company participated in the In-
civil uses. Getting to understand re- ternational of Air and Space Fair,
gulations, different platforms, trai- FIDAE 2014, held from 25 to 28
ning and qualification of operators March in Santiago de Chile. FIDAE

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