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Isdefe engineer receives recognition from NASA

Isdefe engineer receives recognition from NASA

Isdefe engineer Juan Manuel Secades Sánchez has been recognised by the American space agency for his dedication and faithful service to the Deep Space Network (DSN), part of NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) programme. Since 2015, Mr Juan Manuel Secades has been a contract manager at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) in Robledo de Chavela.

The Robledo Space Complex is part of the DSN, along with the centres in Goldstone (California, USA) and Canberra (Australia). Isdefe oversees the operation, maintenance and technical support of the complex for the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), which is responsible for the facility pursuant to a scientific cooperation agreement originally signed by Spain and the United States in 1964.