La Línea now has a Wisekey satellite control and management station
This is the starting point of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Centre of Excellence agreed with Fossa Systems, a company owned by Julián Fernández from La Línea.
Fossa Systems, Spain's leading aerospace company focused on the development of picosatellites for IoT communications, and WISeKey International Holding Ltd, a Swiss cybersecurity, AI and IoT company, and La Línea de la Concepción Town Council have today completed the installation of the first Ground Station that will serve for the control and direction of satellites.
This installation concludes the first phase of the agreement signed earlier this year between the city council and WISekey for the creation of a centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in La Línea de la Concepción with an extension to Gibraltar.
It is located on the roof of the main Town Hall building and is the starting point of the new Fourth Industrial Revolution Centre of Excellence, becoming the connection point for the deployment, control and communication of IoT satellites, and the WISeSAT constellation.
The station is the basis of a large network of control centres that will be deployed with the launch of this first constellation, specialising in the control of high-performance pico and nanosatellites, according to Julián Fernández, CEO of Fossa Systems.
On a technical level, the Autonomous Ground Station has a displacement rotor that allows it to obtain a higher performance in communications and a high control over the deployed satellites. In addition, its two different frequency bands will allow high-speed communications with constellations of all kinds.
The mayor of the city, Juan Franco, who this morning held a meeting with Julián Fernández and technicians from his company, in which the deputy mayor, Juan Macías, also participated, declared himself very satisfied with the installation of this station, as it represents a very important step for the technological advancement of the municipality by one of the most internationally recognised companies in the sector, which will place La Línea de la Concepción at the forefront of satellite communications.
The location of this station is a first step "to turn the city into the Centre of Excellence of the Fourth Industrial Revolution", which will allow the control of satellites sent into space during 2022 and 2023, with next year being a reference period for this project.