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In October, Seville hosted the 16th Congress of Award for Best Thesis in Sa-
the Spanish Remote Sensing Association under tellite Services was awarded
the slogan: “Remote Sensing: Wetlands and Protec- to Leticia Alonso Gonza-
ted Areas”, in order to highlight the value of remote lez, for her work “Astursat:
sensing as an essential tool for studying the spatial Application for Processing
and temporal dynamics of natural systems - espe- and Visualization of Meteo-
cially those as dynamic as wetlands – and that will rological and Environmental
in future become ever more important. Victoriano Information received at the
Moreno, a Hisdesat Earth Observation expert led a Satellite Tracking Station of
session entitled “Description of the PAZ mission,” the University of Oviedo.”
about this remote sensing satellite par excellence
with its wide range of possibilities. The Hisdesat Award for Best
Doctoral Thesis in Satellite
The Latin American market is of vital interest to Services went to Alejandro
Hisdesat. In addition to participating at fairs and Javier Martinez Ros from
forums organized by various Latin American cou- the Polytechnic University
ntries, the company specifically focused on an of Cartagena for his work
event organized in collaboration with Isdefe and “Analysis and Synthesis
entitled “Capabilities of Spanish Public-Private of Leaky-Wave Devices in
Companies in the Space Sector for serving Planar Technology”. Both
Spanish-aligned countries in Latin America.” awards were presented by
This successful event was attended by defence Miguel Angel Redondo, the
attaches from various South American countries director of Strategy, Tech-
and was a milestone in the implementation of new
joint projects in a growing field. nology and Innovation.

Also during this year, va-
Hisdesat collaborates with Spanish Universities,
encouraging future professionals with a clear rious visits by university stu-
mission of retaining talent in the country. In this dents to view the PAZ sate-
regards, the company again sponsored the 35th llite were organized, among
Awards for the Best Theses, Masters Disser- them future Aerospace and
tations, Doctoral Theses and Best Academic Telecommunications Engi-
Achievements in Telecommunications En- neers from Rey Juan Car-
gineering, organized by the COIT. The Hisdesat los University in Madrid.

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