Sicral is located at 16 degrees East of South - it's the first Italian satellite developed for defence telecommunications. It's primary users are the Italian navy who make extensive use of the UHF and SHF transponders. This satellite is interesting as it has UHF to SHF cross strapped transponders, which is looped at SHF on the ground, and re-transmitted back down to Earth at UHF. The effect of this is that the delay through the satellite appears to be twice what is expected. Word on the street is that Sicral also carries a 20.7GHz beacon, but to date this has not been detected. Don't forget to check the Sound Samples page for audio from Sicral.
