Spanish satellite communications operator HISPASAT will be providing satellite broadband services for the Mars Spanish Mission. The preliminary phase of the project, which will run from April 4-7, will be developed in the Sierra Jubierre in Aragon, Spain. As the first ever Spanish simulated Mars colonization mission, the phase will culminate in 2014 in a mission that will be accomplished in Utah, United States.
Under the terms of agreement, HISPASAT will be in charge of providing communications between the researchers at the scientific camp and the Mission Support Center housed at the European Business and Innovation Center (CEEI) in Zaragoza, Spain. The satellite communications company is also responsible for the necessary equipment to maintain such connections for the project.
With the help of HISPASAT’s efficient satellite broadband solution, it will enable Internet access to reach any geographic location, especially remote areas that terrestrial networks cannot reach. The broadband service will also reduce the digital divide between rural regions and big cities by providing all users with high-powered web access.
HISPASAT has already deployed more than 4,000 antennas dedicated to broadband service in Spanish territory, making it the forerunner of Spain’s residential satellite broadband market.
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