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2.1 THE

COMPANY

isdesat Servicios Estratégicos S.A. was
Hfounded in 2001 as the government sa-
tellite services operator, with the brief to act
primarily in the areas of defence, security,
intelligence and foreign affairs. Since 2005
we have been providing secure satellite
communications services to government
agencies from various countries. Currently
we are developing new satellite constella-
tions for Earth observation and for mari-
ti-me traffic information (AIS). AB OUT HISDE S AT

Hisdesat is an international commercial pro-
vider of X- and Ka-band satellite communi-
cations services exclusively for government
applications, both
military and civilian. KEY
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ASPECTS

These are some of the key aspects on which
the company’s strategy is based:

— Institutional shareholders, with a sig-
nificant presence of the public sector
and of Spain’s leading aerospace com-
panies:
— Strategic value of the programmes de-
veloped by the company

— Wide utilisation of advanced, dual-use
technologies
— Providing Spanish industry with hi-
gh-value technical know-how

— Creation of high-tech jobs

— Development of programmes though
Private-Public Partnerships (PPPs)