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H isdesat has continued to provi- quency bands has been completed.
de telecommunications services
Additionally, this would be a very re-
in the areas of security and defen- liable and resilient system in the case
ce with its the Spainsat and Xtar-Eur of nuclear events or interference.
satellites. In general terms, the com-
pany has been focussed on two am- Hisdesat has continued to make pro-
bitious projects in the SATCOM busi- gress with its model of good practi-
ness area, and in Earth Observation. ces and good corporate governance,
In terms of SATCOM, significant ad- following the implementation of an
vances have been made in the area of Internal Control System for Financial
defining a technical solution meeting Information and the Code of Ethics. In
the requirements of the Ministry of July, the Board of Directors approved
Defence. The technical configuration the Criminal Risk Prevention Program-
of a programme comprising two sate- me. Likewise, the company has worked
llites in different orbital positions and towards obtaining the ISO 14001 and
with payload in the X, Ka and UHF fre- 27001 certifications, and the imple-

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