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Telespazio

Telespazio plays a strategic role in military satellite communications (Milsatcom) through its participation, as key partner to the Italian Ministry of Defence, in the SICRAL programme, a system that ensures interoperability between defence, law and order and civil emergency agencies, and those responsible for the management of strategic infrastructure. 

For SICRAL 1, the first Italian satellite for military communications, Telespazio managed the launch and early orbit phase (LEOP), as well as the design, integration and testing phases of the ground segment. The success of this mission prompted the Ministry of Defence to promote new initiatives financed by public-private partnerships. 

The new SICRAL 1B satellite, launched in April 2009, was co-financed by Telespazio, which will have therefore access to some of the transmission capacity, allowing the company to offer communications services to NATO countries and the European and US defence markets. Telespazio takes part in the SICRAL 2 programme of the Italian Defence Ministry and the ATHENA-FIDUS programme of ASI and CNES through similar forms of public-private co-financing.