According to international press reports the Italian Navy, based out of Cyprus, is involved in the evacuation of Beirut. European listeners should watch for ship-to-shore activity on the Italian Milsat Sicral UHF transponder (258.150-258.300 MHz). I have also seen some reports of STANAG 4285 activity on the other UHF transponder (252.200-252.350) which is cross strapped to a SHF uplink. This satellite is located in geostationary orbit at 16.3 deg east (no chance from the US east coast). Photo and coverage map courtesy of Alenia.
