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Technical activity ANNUAL REPORT 2014

manufacturing programme have CDTI, ISDEFE, and Hisdesat has
exceeded 15 million Euros. The most calculated returns to the Spanish
significant developments have been industry worth more than $89.27
the following: million now that the returns pro-
gramme for national industry has
- INSA has developed earth stations been completed.
for command and control of the
Xtar-Eur satellite in the X- and S- Through the participation of the
bands Spanish space industry in the SPA-
INSAT project during the last decade,
- INDRA has developed earth sta- HISDESAT has contributed to the
tions for the command and control development of advanced techno-
of the SpainSat satellite in X- and S-
® SPOT 5 2004 Bands, as well as the planning and logies and strategic innovations, thus
enhancing the level of space tech-
monitoring system for the carriers
of Hisdesat’s satellites nology in Spain today, and allowing
Spanish companies to be better able
- GMV has developed the orbital to compete in the development of
dynamics system for Hisdesat future space programmes in the in-
ternational market.
With regard to indirect benefits asso-
ciated with the satellite manufactu- In relation to the National Satelli-
ring programme, completed in 2014 te Earth Observation Programme
with an accumulated total of over $ (PNOTS), and more specifically,
68 million, the most significant de- the PAZ radar observation sate-
velopments have been: llite, during the financial year the
company continued with the tasks
- MIER has developed LNA low noi- of Research, Development and In-
se amplifiers (mostly for Ku-band) dustrial Innovation (R&D) associa-
and X-band coaxial splitters. ted with the PAZ programme, and

- IBERESPACIO continued the de- in which the main players in the
velopment of small caleoducts Spanish space sector participate
for different satellites and pro- (INSA, INTA, EADS-CASA ESPACIO,
vided reports on the irradiance INDRA, MIER, INDRA ESPACIO, SE-
trials thereof NER, RYMSA, GMV, CRISA, etc.).
These companies collaborate in the
- AST SL has continued with the design, development, manufacture,
maintenance of previously de- launch and testing of the new Earth
veloped ground software observation satellite system.

In total, and until 2014, the trac- In this way, as well as through the
king group for the industrial re- assignment of work contracts and
turns of SpainSat, comprising technological development servi-

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