SICRAL 2 SSICRAL (Sistema Italiano per Comunicazioni Riserate © ‘Alermi) is the Satelite Communications System for taian Defense, which guarantees suatege and tactical ‘communications throughout ttaly and tactical and ‘operational communications for out-of area interventions, with mobile means (testa, naval and ar patfoms) and with fhed and transportable stations. The system wil ‘uarantee the interoperability wit the neworks of Defense, pubic securty, ciil emergency and management and Control of strategic infrastucturs. SICRAL is a complex system, composed of: a constelation of saeltsineestatonary oo \hichcurenty includes SICRAL 1, SICRAL 18 and the taan component, for Defense ofthe Athena Fidus satelite, the nter-Foree Command and Contel Center (IG), located in Vigna cal Rome) with one of ts redundant components located inthe Fusin Space Centre (LAquila); + a high number of user terminals, operating in fixed, transportable and mobile envionment. High performance and flexibility SICRAL 2, the new component of the SICRAL Satelite ‘System for Mitary Communications, willbe cheratezed by fexity and vratity of use, never achieved before now. The system will svenghen the alan and Fench sratege and tactical defense satelite telecommunicaton, guaranteeing interoperabily withthe citing satelite resources, wt the trafic terminals ofthe ‘Aled Nations (NATO) and with the exstng national telecommurications nebo ‘SICRAL2 isa cooperation program between the Italian and French Ministies of Defense, which participate witha share of funding of 62% and 38%, respectively. =) . 7 Telespazio A Finmeccanica/Thales Company What will SICRAL 2 be useful for? Will work by means of@ Geostationary Telecommunications Satelite, using the UHF and SHF bands, capable of increasing the satelite communications capac already offered by the SICRAL 1 and SICRAL 18 satelits fr Haly (launched in 2001 and 2009, respectiely) and by the Syracuse 3A and Syracuse 38 satelites for France. It will provide satelite communication senices for the Italian and French Armed Fores, whether they re strategic, inside the country, or tactical, for operations outside ofthe country, supporting all miltry platforms (land, sea and air, deployed in all areas of service. 1k wil be an important telecormmunications component capable of supporting “Network Enabling Capability" (NEC) requirements also, needed for modem operation of the ‘med Foroes and for the implementation of complex defense systems, such as the CAISR systems (Command Control Communication Computing for Inteligence Sensing ‘and Reconnaissance), Wil guarantee redundancy in orbit and expansion ofthe telecommunications capabilty, in SHF band, curenty provided to NATO by the SICRAL 1B Satelite, thus fuly Integrated withthe curent infastuctures not only of tly ‘and France, but aso of the Alied Nations, WII work by guaranteeing the high securty standards requited by military use, such as resistance to electronic. Jammer, enoyption of sensitive data and resistance to eecromagnetic pulses emitted following nuclear explosion at high altitude. ‘The Satelit, which will have an operational feof over 15 years, will host 3 payloads: ‘one in UF band for alan telecommunication, and two in SHE bend, for taian and French telecommunications, respectively, and it uses a high perfomance “Secure” Remote Cont) Telemetry and Ranging System, in EHF/ Ka band. ThalesAlenia eesThales Alenia Space's role In coninuay withthe ole held fr the previous SICRAL and Syracuse missions, Thales Alenia Speceloked after te design ofthe entire SICRAL 2 Systm, the development ofthe saelte and ofthe rlatve Ground Segment, the intgtion and tess of the satelite at its Seteite Integration Centers in Rome, Tun and Cannes, s well asthe integration and tess ofthe Gound Segment at the talan and French Operational Defense Stes. The Company developed the satelite most technologically advanoed equipment, including processors and antennas of the payloads in UHF ‘and SHF band, and thus the transponders for Remote Convo, Telemetry and Ranging with use of Expanded Spectrum modulations. Right after the launch phases - LEOP (Launch and Eaty Otit Phase) and IOT (In-Orbt Test) - will bein charge of carying out the verification and validation tests on the entire SICRAL 2 System, unt delivery to the Customer Telespazio's role Telespzio patcinated in the realization fal the SICRAL programme. particular fr SICRAL2 the Company looked atthe Ground Segment for the desig, implementation integration and testing phases ofthe Satelite Contol Cente, at Control Centre in Vigna dale forthe “main system and atthe Space Cente in Furno forthe “backup syste. Moreover he Company is responsible forthe interconnection system between the talan and French Mision Cents. Telespazio manages SICRAL 2 launch service from the European ‘spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana, the LEOP (Launch and Early Orbit Phase) and IOT (In Orit Test) phases. Telespazio has participated inthe investments forthe development of SICRAL 1B and SICRAL 2 missions, thus consolidating its role as miltry telecommunications satelite operator (MILSATCOM). The Company has part of the transmission capacity ofthese satelites and provides communications services to the armed forces of NATO member states.