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SICRAL 1, 1B

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
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
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)
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