Galileo GS members HISPASAT

HISPASAT

About Hispasat:

Founded in 1989, HISPASAT is today the seventh satellite world's operator as regards earnings and broadcasts, and distributes the greatest number of TV and radio channels in Spanish and Portuguese.
HISPASAT is an international reference for the large platforms, which operates on both sides of the Atlantic, and offers a wide range of quality satellite communications services, outstanding among which are the business and government audiovisual services, broadband solutions and advanced communications systems.
The HISPASAT system coverage is focused on Europe and North Africa, in particular the Mediterranean basin, and on both American Continents from Canada to Tierra del Fuego, with special emphasis upon the Latin American countries.
As regards the control of the fleet, HISPASAT has Control Centres located in Arganda del Rey (Madrid), Maspalomas (Gran Canaria), Río de Janeiro (Brazil), monitoring stations in Balcarce (Argentina) and Mexico D. F.

Hispasat in the NavSat space:

The HISPASAT fleet is composed of modern, high powered satellites in C and Ku frequency bands covering Europe, North Africa and America, located in the orbital positions 30º W (HISPASAT 1C and HISPASAT 1D) and 61º W (Amazonas 1).
HISPASAT plans to launch a new satellite Amazonas 2 for 61º W, a new satellite HISPASAT 1E for 30º W and a collaborative satellite program AG 1 with the European Space Agency (ESA). Amazonas 1 incorporates Amerhis payload capable of processing and regenerating signals on board, which permits the rapid deployment of small terminals in remote areas for emergency, natural catastrophes, etc. through a single leap, reducing delays and eliminating the need for a HUB.

In addition, through the participated company HISDESAT Servicios Estratégicos, the HISPASAT group has developed the satellite communications programme for governmental use by the Spanish Ministry of Defence and other allied and friend Administrations through two cutting-edge satellites - Xtar-Eur (29º E) and the Spainsat (30º W) - capable of providing communication services in the X and Ka bands from Singapore to Denver.