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Technical activity

4.3. Industrial Returns

The participation of Spanish indus- Spanish companies participating
try in the direct and indirect bene- in the SPAINSAT programme have
fits the National Government Sate- had to adapt to new and different
llite Communications Programme competitiveness criteria. This has
has had, and continues to have, a meant that almost all of the equip-
significant impact. ment produced under the direct and
indirect returns of the programme
During the 2012 financial year, the
has been qualified as new develo-
total direct and indirect returns ex- pments, adding technological and
ceeded the sums committed to by competitive capacity to Spanish
the programme, so that the Wor- space industry.
king Group managing the program-
me agreed to provisionally close it, Direct returns associated with the
provided that the proposed actions satellite manufacturing program-
are performed and that possible me exceeded $ 21.2 million, most of
changes do not affect the total of it for equipment and components
all commitments. related to the communications pa-
® SPOT 5 2006 At its 12th meeting, held at Hisdes- yloads of military X- and Ka-bands.

The most significant developments
at on 9 October 2014, the Working
Group for the Management of Indi- have been:
rect Benefits of the SPAINSAT pro- - EADS CASA Espacio has develo-
gramme comprising CDTI, ISDEFE ped parabolic reflectors, feeders
and HISDESAT, moved to terminate and speakers in military X- and Ka-
the Benefits Programme in view of bands. Through Hisdesat, the IRMA
the compliance with the activities antenna has been recertified
contractually agreed upon, which - SENER has developed the faste-
were implemented after the pro- ners and direction mechanisms
visional closure agreed at the 10th for the directional antennae
meeting in 2012.
- RYMSA has developed antennas
The amount for the proposals that for satellite command and con-
were presented reached a total of trol in S-band, as well as filters,
$ 89,274,985, which is $ 574,985 couplers, hybrids and wave-
more than the $ 88.7 million com- guides in military X- and Ka-band
mitted to by SS/LORAL. The obliga-
tions of the programme are there- - GMV has developed the satellite
fore considered fulfilled. control centre

Since this is the first time the com- Additionally, direct benfits of the
munication system has made use HISDESAT programme not asso-
of a non-European satellite, the ciated with the SPAINSAT satellite

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