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nications Engineers (AEIT). In this different Telecommunications Engi-
framework, it awarded the Hisdesat neering Schools, as they are destined
Prize for the “Best Doctoral Thesis to shape the future of the sector.
on Government Satellite Services” to Hisdesat took an active part in the 2
nd
Alberto Antón Sánchez of the Uni-
versidad Politécnica de Madrid, for Space Engineering Congress held in
his work entitled “Statistical Tech- Madrid, with a talk on “The New Ge-
niques and Algorithms neration of Government Commu-
Applied in Satellite Com- nications Satellites: A Paradigm
munications Antenna of Flexibility and Service”, given by
Arrays for Direction of Basilio Garrido, Head of Payload Ser-
Arrival. Estimation and vices at the company.
Calibration”. The award Murcia hosted the 17 Congress of
th
for the “Best End-of-De- the Spanish Remote Sensing Asso-
gree Project on Govern- ciation (AET) with the motto “New
ment Satellite Services” Platforms and Remote Sensing
went to Tomás Valbuena Sensors”, applied to the manage-
Montalvo of the Universi-
An automatic ship tat Politècnica de Valèn- ment of Water, Agriculture and the
Environment. HIsdesat again pre-
detection algorithm, cia, for his work “Biome- sented “The PAZ Mission” as a key
tric Network Distributed
developed in for Vehicle Emergencies”. element in this field, in which its con-
collaboration with These awards constitute tribution is of great value for the re-
solution of environmental problems
the University of recognitions of the re- and the smarter management of re-
Alcalá de Henares, search work and the in- sources. The talk was given by Victo-
novative efforts of these
riano Moreno, Senior Earth Observa-
is now operational young people from Spain’s tion Advisor at Hisdesat.

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