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Performing at full capacity

tored the design and development PAZ will be just over a quarter orbit
ahead of TerraSar and Tandem-X,
of critical elements of the Ground
® SPOT 6 2013 Segment. In particular, procedures thereby improving joint performan-
have been developed for the safe
ce and improve response times to
and flexible operation of certain clients.
elements of the operations chain,
like the encryption modules. In short, during 2014 the operation
of the space systems SPAINSAT and
With the aim of signing an Opera- XTAR-US for government applica-
tions Agreement with the develo- tions has been refined even further,
per of the Ground Segment, the and the basis for the operation of
operational basis for the satellite the future Spanish Earth observa-
has now been defined. The orbital tion system has been established, in
design of the constellation has also keeping with one of the main aims
been completed, establishing that of Hisdesat.

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