The Hispasat ground segment is formed by several control centers distributed between Europe and America.

The Control Centers perform the orbital control of the Hispasat satellites, having capacity to operate satellites in nominal and emergency configurations. Among other functions, it performs the reception of telemetry, the sending of telecommands, the sending of localization tones (ranging), the calculation of orbits, the planning and execution of operations and tests in orbit.

The Control Centres also perform functions of the Network Operations Centre, managing the capacity of the satellites, giving support to customers, line-up/down of carriers, monitoring of signals, interference detection and resolution of anomalies, as well as the operation of digital platforms for the provision of satellite Bandwidth services to major customers and service providers.


Arganda del Rey (Madrid / Spain)

Maspalomas (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Spain)

Serviente (Rio de Janeiro / Brazil)

Lurin (Lima / Peru)

Ixtlahuaca y Iztapalapa (Mexico)

Bogotá (Colombia)

Germany