SICRAL
SICRAL ( Sistema Italiano per Comunicazioni Riservate ed Allarmi - German: "Italian system for secret communication and emergencies") is the name of the satellite-based communication system of the Italian armed forces . The SICRAL system consists of two satellites , a ground station in Vigna di Valle near Rome and the terminals of the users involved (aircraft, ships, mobile land forces).
In 2001, the military communications satellite SICRAL 1 went into operation, followed by the SICRAL 1B satellite on April 20, 2009 . The original plan was to replace SICRAL 1 with SICRAL 2 in 2013 , but the satellite was only launched in April 2015.
See also
- Athena-Fidus , French military communications satellite system
- SATCOMBw , German military communications satellite system
Web links
- Representation of the Italian Ministry of Defense (Italian)
- Sicral 1 Military Satellite ; army-technology.com
- UHF military satellites in the GEO. HEO and LEO - SICRAL ; Satellite world
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter B. de Selding: Arianespace To Launch Franco-Italian Milcom Satellite in 2013. Space News, December 6, 2010, archived from the original on December 7, 2010 ; accessed on December 8, 2010 (English).