{"id":16973,"date":"2019-05-27T11:32:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T09:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/tlc-and-navigation\/italsat-f1-e-f2\/"},"modified":"2020-04-22T15:11:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T13:11:21","slug":"italsat-f1-and-f2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/en\/tlc-and-navigation\/italsat-f1-and-f2\/","title":{"rendered":"Italsat F1 and F2"},"content":{"rendered":"Italsat was the first satellite programme directly managed by the Italian Space Agency: it involved two experimental telecommunication satellites, which were launched respectively on <strong>January 16<sup>th<\/sup>, 1991 and August 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 1996<\/strong> from the base of <strong>Kourou<\/strong>, French Guyana.\r\n\r\nThe two satellites were highly innovative and were characterized by the use of high frequencies (the so-called Ka band, at 20\/30 Gigahertz) and by the possibility to commute the <strong>telecommunication traffic<\/strong> directly aboard and direct it also through the use of mobile stations. The programme allowed to experiment and anticipate the main satellite applications to broadband and services for mobile users.\r\n\r\nDuring its operating life, Italsat was also used to develop tele-education and telemedicine pilot projects. 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