Türkiyes homegrown satellites getting ready to take up duty

Published September 22,2023

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Türkiye’s tech big, Turkish Aerospace Inc (TAI), will perform new missions within the nation and overseas with numerous satellites moreover its tasks within the nationwide communications satellite tv for pc Turksat 6A.

TAI Space Systems Deputy General Manager Selman Nas instructed Anadolu that the corporate developed an operational satellite tv for pc for an additional buyer by utilizing the competencies gained in making communications satellite tv for pc Turksat 6A.

Therefore, TAI has created the Small Size GEO Satellite telecommunication satellite tv for pc platform, which may accommodate a variety of economic payloads and missions households for this goal, he mentioned.

“The most important feature of this satellite is that it is electric and its lifespan is the same as other chemical propulsion systems. So that, the mass of the satellite is low,” Nas underlined.

Thanks to its low mass, it has a low launch value and might be produced and put into service in a short time, Nas famous.

TAI began to make such a satellite tv for pc for Argentina’s operator ARIAT, he mentioned, explaining:

“They wanted a satellite suitable for high-capacity data and communication transfer. Technically, it is called Ka band.”

Nas mentioned the crucial design of Small Size GEO would have been accomplished by the tip of this 12 months and its improvement venture by the tip of subsequent 12 months.

Touching on Türkiye’s high-resolution earth statement satellite tv for pc Gokturk-1, Nas mentioned TAI is engaged on the Gokturk Renewal satellite tv for pc as Gokturk-1 will full its 7-year lifespan quickly.

“The satellite will be launched into orbit in 2027. There is no change/delay in this schedule for now,” Nas mentioned.

Nas additionally mentioned that the corporate included conducting industrial actions with small and cost-effective statement satellites on their agenda and that they developed a microsatellite venture.

“Again, it is an observation satellite. Its resolution is not for military operations. It is a project to evaluate the images taken for some agriculture, forestry and urbanism applications and transmit them to the end user,” he defined.