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manoeuvres to maintain and control of six temporary transfers of opera- the different systems forming part of
the orbit, sensor inhibitions, adjust- tions have been carried out from the the satellite control centre, including
ments of the clock and solar panels, nominal Arganda control centre, to the mission planner, orbital dynamics
memory dumps, actualisations of on- the backup control centre of Maspalo- centre, and the command and tele-
board parameters, and test runs of mas, thus ensuring that both centres metry reception centre.
redundant elements. are maintained in full operational rea-
diness, and optimising the flexibility In summary, throughout 2017 Hisdes-
Numerous satellite health status mo- and safety of the mission. at continued with its satellite opera-
nitoring procedures were also run to tion activity, both in communications
monitor the health status of the sys- In parallel with the operation of com- and earth observation, positioning
tem, establish performance predic- munications missions, in preparation itself as the only national operator
tions for each subsystem, improve for the operation of the PAZ observa- and one of the few international mul-
operational efficiency and reduce tion satellite, whose mission and ope- ti-mission satellite operators.
fuel consumption. ration is also Hisdesat’s responsibility,
the operation engineering teams and
About 80 orbital determination pro- the mission operators/controllers
cesses have been run to ensure orbital have carried out numerous tests and
control of the satellite and precisely simulations at the mission control
determine its position, and to calculate centre. In particular, at the end of
the manoeuvres necessary to main- 2017 the last tests were carried out
tain it safely in the orbital window that between the control centre and the
it shares with other satellites. satellite (Satellite Verification Test),
before its transfer to the launch base.
The operation and control of Spain-
SAT has been carried out from the two These activities made it possible to
con-trol centres of the mission. A total debug and correct the anomalies of

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