The preliminary phase of the first Spanish simulated Mars colonization mission, the Mars Spanish Mission will be deployed April 4 to 7 in the Sierra Jubierre in Los Monegros (Aragon, Spain). It will culminate in 2014 in a mission that will be carried out in Utah (U.S.A.). HISPASAT will establish the communications needed 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 will also provide the project with the equipment needed to maintain these connections.


The satellite broadband solution provided by HISPASAT to the Mars Spanish Mission project is the same that allows Internet access to reach any geographic location, including those that terrestrial networks cannot reach. 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 leader in Spain´s residential satellite broadband market.