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The Spanish satellite communications operator, HISPASAT is to provide broadband connections for the Mars Spanish Mission, the company announced in a press release. The mission, whose preliminary phase will be developed from April 4 to 7 in the Sierra Jubierre in Los Monegros (Aragon, Spain) and which will culminate in 2014 in a mission that will be carried out in Utah (U.S.A.), is the first Spanish simulated Mars colonization mission. 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) and the equipment needed to maintain these connections for the project is to be provided by HISPASAT. HISPASAT's satellite broadband solution for this particular collaboration will allows Internet access to reach any geographic location, including those that terrestrial networks cannot reach. According to a statement by HISPASAT, this solution helps reduce the digital gap that exists between rural areas and large cities, providing all users, wherever they happen to be, with high powered web access. HISPASAT has already deployed more than 4,000 antennas dedicated to this service in Spanish territory, which makes the company the absolute leader in Spain´s residential satellite broadband market. The analysis of the project´s involved in the Utah mission, the design and testing of organizational models of the aerospace research field that are viable in the current socio-economic environment, the development of mission and organizational procedures in which PMP and ECSS standards of the European Space Agency are applied, the identification of resources which will be needed in Utah during the second phase of the Mars Spanish Mission and the adaptation of the area chosen for this mission so that it can be used for future simulations are the goals of the mission said HISPASAT. About HISPASAT The HISPASAT Group is made up of companies with a presence in Spain as well as Latin America, where its Brazilian affiliate, HISPAMAR, operates the Amazonas fleet of satellites. The Group is the leader in the diffusion and distribution of content in Spanish and Portuguese, including the transmission of important digital Direct-To-Home (DTH) and High Definition Television (HDTV) platforms. HISPASAT is one of the most important companies in the world in its sector by revenue and the main communications bridge between Europe and America. See also: Telesat Holdings' Credit Agreement Re-Priced & Amended
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