Hispasat's fleet of satellites broadcast more than 1250 television channels and radio stations to more than 30 million homes, as well as providing services such as broadband to mobile telephones and landlines.

The range of Hispasat shareholders demonstrates the company's strategic nature both for the government and the Spanish telecommunications market.

[7] On 21 February 2012, the press were informed that Telefónica would sell Abertis its shares in Hispasat,[8] and the Spanish government authorised the sale in December 2012.

Abertis bought 16.42% of Hispasat from the Spanish Ministry of Defence on 25 July 2013, taking its stake in the company to 57.05% – with France's Eutelsat holding 33.69%, Spain's SEPI 7.41% and the country's Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology 1.85%.

It was launched in September 2011 with the main objective of developing short-term solutions to improve the telecommunications used while fighting forest fires.

Solutions developed as part of SATURNO are based on the use of high-speed IP technologies and the reuse of domestic cabling.