Areas of Specialization

• Management, operation and maintenance of space communications facilities.
• Satellite communication systems, Satellite Ground Segments and services based on satellite systems, especially in the environment and civil protection domains, such as risk management applications.
• Consultancy within the aforementioned fields of expertise.

Main Contracts

• Management, operations and maintenance, including the responsibility of installing new systems, of the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex for NASA.
• Maintenance and operations of the European Space Astronomy Centre for the European Space Agency, including the XMM Science Operation Centre.
• Under INTA contract, operation and maintenance of various facilities at the Canary Islands Space Center for EUMETSAT, ESA, JAXA and INTA.
• Definition, design, implementation and installation of the XTAR ground segment.
• Design and development of a ground control station for the Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle SIVA for the INTA.
• Secure communications network for the Spanish Defence and Exterior Ministries, communicating through X-band satellite communications several Spanish embassies.
• Air Traffic Control Satellite Communications Networks for several Civil Aviation Authorities in Europe, Africa and America: AENA, ASECNA, NAV, COCESNA, ONDA, ASA and the Argentinean Air Force.
  
• FUEGOSAT Programme: definition, demonstration and implementation of Earth Observation data systems for forest fire fighting applications. Leadership through several industrial contracts for ESA and European Commission (EC).
• REMFIRESAT: demonstration of space based real time emergency management systems oriented to forest fire fighting activities for ESA.
• SMOS: contribution to the definition, design, development and operation of the Data Processing Ground Segment for the SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission) mission, including the baseband of the data reception station in X-band (XBAS).
• GMES RISK-EOS: civil protection applications based on Earth Observation data under ESA contract.