The Alphasat Aldo Paraboni propagation experiment: Measurement campaign at the Italian ground stations

DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy 2 IEIIT, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan, Italy Dipartimento di Ing. dell'Informazione, Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy 5 Istituto Superiore C.T.I. Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Rome, Italy Correspondence C. Riva, DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy. Email: carlo.riva@polimi.it

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