Airbus-built SpainSat NG-II secure communications satellite successfully launched

The launch of this second satellite completes the SpainSat NG programme, the most ambitious space project in Spain's history and the most advanced government communications system in Europe. The programme has been led and promoted for the Ministry of Defence by the Spanish operator Hisdesat.

It is expected that in the spring of 2026 they will jointly serve the Spanish Armed Forces, international organisations such as the European Commission in the GOVSATCOM programme, or NATO, and other allied governments.

This second satellite, operated by Hisdesat for the Spanish Armed Forces will ensure Europe’s most advanced secure communications, together with its twin satellite launched in January and already in orbit.

Following the completion of integration, testing, and validation at Airbus facilities in Toulouse, the satellite was shipped in September to Florida, where it was launched on a Falcon 9 rocket.