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3.4

DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH

OBSERVATION PROGRAMME

Hisdesat has also worked on
the applications to be used
by the SAR producer, and
The PAZ satellite, which has now been comple-
ted and is ready for launch, is kept on the premi- initiated the development of
ses of AIRBUS Defence and Space in Madrid, in a complex system to accom-
preparation for being packaged and transported modate various added value
to the launch site. processors that will provide
users of PAZ products the
During 2015 progress on the PAZ mission has fo- direct information required
cused on work related to the Ground Segment. An by their scope of work. Over
Operating Agreement was signed with INTA, defi- the course of 2015, proces-
ning the activities of each company in the course sors have been developed
of the years that the mission remains operational. for ship detection, and for
The signing of this agreement has allowed Hisdes- the fusion of SAR image
at operators to be exposed to the systems imple- data with AIS shipping mo-
mented by INTA, the developer and owner of the nitoring data. Others have
Ground Segment. For this purpose INTA experts been defined, and their de-
have imparted courses in the operation of the di- velopment will be addressed
fferent centres that make up the ground segment. at a later stage.

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