The Spanish defence minister Carme Chacon 7. June proclaimed that Spain is in a few years will become the first european country, owning a double system of remote sensing - radar and optical, which offers a wide civil and military use. The main supplier is the company Astrium Espana. The satellite Paz, which is to be equipped with radar with high resolution capabilities (SAR - Synthetic Aperture Radar) frequency band X (8-12 GHz), was commissioned by the ministry of defence with the company Hisdesat already in 2007 in the framework of the national plan of remote sensing, which has to fulfill all the requirements of the Spanish armed forces.
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http://www.letectvi.cz/letectvi/Article71438.html.