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The company is

committed to the
development of

applications based on
radar images

the analysis of subsiders, georeferen-
ced control points, and automatic pro-
cessors in the maritime sphere, with
AIS data fusion. This year it has also
continued to collaborate with univer-
sities and companies for the creation
of a global exploitation system that in-
cludes both the dissemination of basic
products and value-adding ones that
are useful to clients in the sectors des-
cribed above.

The Hisdesat Geoportal is up and run-
ning and available for operation upon
to ensure the proper operation of the Meanwhile, Hisdesat has continued the start-up of PAZ. Once the orbi-
PAZ satellite. This personnel will be in with its coordination tasks with the tal tests are completed, this system
charge of the daily tasks that must be operators of TerraSAR-X, to guaran- will be verified during this important
carried out to optimize the satellite’s tee the constellation’s effectiveness phase and made available to clients,
resources, both from the point of view from the very first days of the satelli- with all its capabilities. This Geoportal,
of keeping it in the precise orbit and te’s commissioning. based on an on-line concept, will pro-
with its systems functioning satisfac- vide clients with a very powerful Web
torily, and with regards to the exploi- This year Hisdesat’s commitment to tool that, in a simple way, guides them
tation of the images obtained, to offer the internationalisation of the PAZ when making requests, checking the
high-quality products to PAZ users. mission has allowed it to sign the sa- status of their orders or picking up fini-
tellite’s membership contract for the
This personnel has been trained in ambitious Copernicus European Ear- shed products.
the satellite’s operational procedures th Observation Programme, an ini-
and its capabilities so that they have tiative spearheaded by the European
thorough knowledge of them, and Commission (EC) in association with
can obtain all the benefits that the sa- the European Space Agency (ESA),
tellite has to offer clients.
where PAZ has positioned itself as a
contributing mission. PAZ will offer
basic products that will be incorpora-
ted into the system’s data warehouse,
in addition to the emergency service
offered within Copernicus.

Hisdesat is committed to the develo-
pment of applications based on radar
images for the detection of changes,

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