Sicral-1B

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%). It has a mass of 3038kg and was built and tested in Cannes, in France, although the integration took place in Italy. It has nine transponders (one in EHF, three in UHF and five in SHF).