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2.4 THE HISDESAT

SATELLITE

ANNU AL REPOR T 2 016 THE SECURE The Xtar-Eur satellite, positioned at 29°
SYSTEM

East, has 12 X-band transpon¬ders and
offers coverage from Brazil to Indonesia,
COMMUNICATIONS
including Europe, Africa, the Middle East

allow Hisdesat to offer its secure com¬-
munications service.
• SYSTEM and much of Asia. These two satellites
HISDE S AT Tcations programme makes use of the The Hisdesat satellite communications
he national governmental commu¬ni-
system includes a ground control segment
with TTC antennae (Tracking, Telemetry
SpainSat and the Xtar-Eur sa¬tellites, with

the telemetry and generate commands
SPAINSAT coverage of two thirds of the earth’s surface. and Command). These centres analyse
The SpainSat satellite, located at orbital for the satellites. They operate 24/7/365
position 30° West, allows simultaneous
22 and are equipped with the most technolo-
coverage of most of Europe, North Africa gically advanced computer systems avai-
and some parts of the Middle East. On the lable for the control and supervision of
other side of the Atlantic, cove¬rage ex- satellites from Earth.
tends to South and Cen¬tral America and
much of North America. Thirteen X-band Due to the fact that the services provided
trans¬ponders and one high-powered are of governmental nature, this is a high
K-band transponder are used, allowing for security system with all its elements dupli-
secure, high-quality communications. cated to ensure redundancy.

The system is interoperable with all

existing Band X terrestrial terminals,

resulting in high strategic value due to its

compatibility with the systems

of allied countries
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HISDESAT

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