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For a number of years, Hisdesat has been Ministry of the Presidency) and the JAL PERF ORMING AT FULL C APA CITY
involved in the “Seahorse” project cove- (Logistic Support Command of the Navy).
ring the communications needs of the Civil The latter comprises a service of DIN ne-
Guard Directorate Fiscal and Border Guard tworks with access to the S-AIS (Satellite
Division for the Atlantic Ocean, operational Identification System) data bases, for use
since 2008 and with the company Indra in Operation ATALANTA.
as the main contractor. Along with a 3.8
metre central node located in Las Palmas, Finally, the Department of Fisheries now
there is also a back-up station in Madrid, as uses the AIS service for the surveillance
well as 8 remote terminals of 2.4 metres of maritime traffic by satellite.
located in Portugal, Senegal, Cape Verde, 39
Mauritania 1 and 2, Morocco, The Gambia
and Guinea-Bissau. With the aim of provi-
ding better coverage, capacity has been ex-
panded to also include the Mediterranean.
As far as the AIS satellite is concerned,
new contracts have been signed with the
DSN (Department of National Security,