Hispasat, a Spanish satellite operator owned by Indra Sistemas, is a key player in the space communications industry. It provides a range of services, including broadcasting, broadband, and data transmission, primarily serving Europe and the Americas. Hispasat also engages in innovative projects like quantum key distribution and collaborates with partners such as Thales Alenia Space, ESA, and various telecommunications companies to expand connectivity and bridge the digital divide.
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The antenna tower for the Hispasat 30W-6 satellite that launched in 2018 was comprised of over 200 additively manufactured parts.
Hispasat supports technological neutrality and complementary technological solutions to help achieve the goal of connectivity for 100 percent of the population set forth in the Spanish government’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan for 2025.
GMV supplied a control center and flight-dynamics system that Hispasat currently uses to control Amazonas 2, Amazonas 3, Amazonas 5, Hispasat 30W-5, Hispasat 30W-6, Hispasat 36W-1, and Hispasat 74W-1.
Hispasat is using a GMV-supplied control center and flight-dynamics system to control its existing fleet including Amazonas 2, Amazonas 3, Amazonas 5, Hispasat 30W-5, 30W-6, 36W-1, and 74W-1.
The Export-Import Bank of the United States approved $80,700,000 in financing for a Falcon 9 launch of the Hispasat satellite Amazonas Nexus and for launch and initial in-orbit insurance.
Hispasat ordered the Amazonas Nexus satellite from Thales Alenia Space in early 2020.
Hispasat expected Amazonas Nexus to launch in the second half of 2022 at the time of the contract announcement.
Hispasat awarded Gilat a multi-million dollar order to expand the existing SkyEdge II-c platform in Mexico and to procure Capricorn VSATs for cellular backhaul over satellite.
Gilat’s SkyEdge II-c platform with its Capricorn VSAT will operate over Hispasat’s Ka-band Amazonas 5 satellite to support Altan La Red Compartida requirements.
Hispasat selected Thales Alenia Space to build the Amazonas Nexus satellite to provide Ku-band coverage over North and South America, Greenland and the North Atlantic transportation routes.
Optus, Yahsat and Arabsat each ordered a satellite from Airbus in 2020, and Hispasat ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on 2020-06-23 denied a motion by ABS, Hispasat and Arsat to stay the Federal Communications Commission’s C-band auction.
ABS, Hispasat, and Arsat filed a complaint with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on 2020-05-01 challenging their exclusion from an FCC C-band auction.
The FCC found that Hispasat had not previously demonstrated proof of providing regular C-band services in the United States and that Hispasat later claimed a customer dating back to 2017.
Bermuda-based ABS, Argentine operator ARSAT and Spanish operator Hispasat were rejected for incentive payments due to inability to prove they had customers using their U.S. C-band coverage.
Hispasat purchased a satellite from Thales Alenia Space on 2021-01-10.
Hispasat expects Amazonas Nexus will be the most dynamic and advanced satellite in its fleet after it launches in the second half of 2022.
Hispasat’s policy of geographic industrial return has resulted in more than 1,000,000,000 EUR of investment by international satellite manufacturers into Spain.
Amazonas Nexus will replace Hispasat’s Amazonas-2, an 11-year-old satellite located at 61 degrees west that provides C- and Ku-band coverage of Pan-America.
Hispasat was acquired by Spanish power company Red Eléctrica in 2020.