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3.3 SATELLITE

ANNU AL REPOR T 2 016 Avices, Hisdesat counts among its prin- Real-time satellite operations began at His-
OPERATIONS

s operator and provider of satellite ser-
desat more than 11 years ago. The communi-
cipal activities the real-time operation and
cations system consisting of SpainSAT and

mained fully operational in orbit ever since.
These activities include, among others:
• management of its satellites and platforms. XTAR-EUR geostationary satellites has re-
— The monitoring and analysis of the In particular, the SpainSAT satellite com-
HISDE S AT health status of each system by means providing services in orbit with all its
pleted a decade of operation last year,
of the reception and management of
subsystems operating nominally and with
the telemetry and alarms;
— Executing operational procedures via all redundant units available.
tele-commands, for the maintenance of For this, it was necessary to carry out
40 the platform and the payload, and for more than 210 commanded operational
the resolution of contingencies;

— Determining position through exter-
nal measurements and maintaining
control of satellite orbits by means of
the calculation and execution of orbital
manoeuvres;

— The operation, management and main-
tenance of both principal and back-up
equipment making up the satellite con-
trol centres.

SpainSAT has been operating

and providing services in orbit

for a decade, with all redundant

units available