SICRAL 1 [Alenia]
SICRAL (Sistema Italiana de Communicazione Riservente Allarmi), the first national italian system for satellite military telecommunications, has been developed by the SITAB consortium made up of Alenia Spazio, a Finmeccanica Company (70%), Fiat Avio (20%) and Telespazio (10%).
The SICRAL 1 satellite can operate simultaneously on several frequency bands (SHF, EHF and UHF), a characteristics first in Europe, with the possibility to switch the bands on-board of the satellite (first in the world). The UHF satellite repeater is the Europe's most powerful and the only one to operate inter-connected to the SHF/EHF band.
The contract for SICRAL 1B was signed in late 2006.
Nation: | Italy |
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Type / Application: | Military communication |
Operator: | Italian Ministry of Defense |
Contractors: | Alenia Spazio (#1); Alcatel Alenia Space (formerly Alenia Spazio) (#1B) |
Equipment: | 3 UHF band, 5 SHF band and 1 EHF/Ka band transponders |
Configuration: | GeoBus (Italsat-3000) |
Propulsion: | S400 |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 10 years (#1); 14 years (#1B) |
Mass: | 2596 kg (#1); 3038 kg (#1B) |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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SICRAL 1 | 2001-005A | 07.02.2001 | Ko ELA-2 | Ariane-44L H10-3 | with Skynet 4F | |
SICRAL 1B | 2009-020A | 20.04.2009 | SL | Zenit-3SL (2) |