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13/09/2007
Telespazio signs a contract with Teledife (defence ministry) for the launch and operation of the Sicral 1B satellite
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The company will finance part of
the programme and will be allowed to use
some of the satellite’s transmission capacity
to offer telecommunications services to
NATO
Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company,
has signed a EUR 118 million contract with Teledife,
the Italian defence ministry’s directorate of telecoms,
IT and technology, to complete the Sicral 1B military
communications satellite system.
For the project, Telespazio will head a temporary
consortium set up with Thales Alenia Space Italia.
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Under the agreement signed with Teledife, the
consortium will be responsible for both the space
and ground segment of the programme. Telespazio will
manage the satellite launch services, the launch and
early operation phase (LEOP) and the subsequent in-orbit testing
phases.
Telespazio will also invest directly in the Sicral 1B programme,
thus enabling it to use some of the satellite’s transmission capacity.
The company will therefore have its own satellite capacity and will be able
to offer communications services to NATO and the European defence market.
Sicral 1B will be launched in the second half of 2008, and will
have an expected operating life of 13 years. The first satellite
in the system, Sicral 1, was launched in February 2001 and is
currently also used by NATO countries.
Press
release
Comunicato stampa
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