Elecnor Deimos launches DEIMOS-2

Madrid, Spain – Elecnor Deimos, technological area of the Elecnor Group, launched Spain's first ultra-high resolution satellite, DEIMOS-2, into orbit June 19, 2014, at 7:11 PM UTC from the Yasny launch base in Russia.

 

This panchromatic and multispectral satellite, which weighs 300kg and measures 1.5m x 2m, incorporates a camera that achieves high precision and detailed images of Earth, with a resolution of 75cm per pixel and a capacity of 150,000km²/day with bands in RGB, NIR, and panchromatic.

 

The satellite is expected to have an operational lifetime of seven years, participating in projects in agriculture, environment, climate change, crisis control, civil protection (fires and floods), defense, intelligence, and border control.

 

For control of the mission, Elecnor Deimos has developed the Puertollano Satellite Integration and Operations Centre (Ciudad Real), a complex for integrating and managing its own and third-party satellites. Equipped with the latest technology, it has engineering areas; a more than 400m² clean room for satellite integration and testing; a dual S-band/X-band antenna with a diameter of 10.2m to communicate with the satellites; and a control center.

 

This project completes Elecnor Deimos' presence in the entire value chain for space missions. Elenor Deimos has the capability to manage entire space programs: design, integrate, validate, launch, and operate Earth observation satellites; use them for commercial purposes; and develop them for third parties.