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Más del 40% de su desarrollo se realizará en Espa- be located at different geo-stationary orbits and ope-
ña, en concreto, las antenas SARA en banda X de re- rate in the X, military Ka and UHF bands. This repre-
cepción, y transmisión en banda X, desarrolladas por sents the state of the art in European space technolo-
Airbus DS en Madrid que suponen un salto cualitativo, gy at the service of defence and security.
permitiéndonos competir en el mercado de los satéli-
tes de comunicaciones más avanzados del mundo. Ge- These two new satellites will offer maximum protec-
neramos una cifra de empleo de 500 ingenieros al año tion against interference or other threats, including a
y más de 100 ingenieros al año durante su explotación, nuclear explosion at high altitude, and are notewor-
durante 15 años. thy for their high flexibility. All these characteristics
are fundamental for the resilience of the communi-
cations of the Spanish Government, the European
Union and our allies.

Hisdesat offers services providing se- More than the 40% of their development will be ca-
cure communications for security and rried out in Spain. Specifically, the SARA antennas for
defence via the satellites SPAINSAT X-band reception and transmission, which are being
developed by Airbus DS in Madrid, represent a quali-
(30°W) and XTAR-EUR (29°E), which tative leap, allowing us to compete in the market with

together cover two thirds of the Earth. the most advanced satellite communications techno-
logy in the world. We generate employment for 500
It is currently developing the SPAINSAT NG program engineers per year, and more than 100 engineers per
with two satellites, SPAINSAT NG I and II, which will annum during the 15-year operational period.

HITOS

MILESTONES

Operación Balmis

Hisdesat puso a disposición del Gobierno, a través
del Ministerio de Defensa, representado por el Man-
do de Operaciones (que dirigió todo el operativo de
la UME, ET, etc.), las diversas capacidades disponi-
bles de comunicaciones seguras por satélite y Ob-
servación de la Tierra radar, de forma gratuita, para
apoyar la Operación.
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