Türkiye’s first indigenous high-resolution Earth statement satellite tv for pc, IMECE, accomplished its first yr in house, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır introduced Monday.
In a social media publish, the minister recalled that the satellite tv for pc, developed by the Space Technologies Research Institute of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBITAK), was launched into house on April 15, 2023.
He famous that each one of IMECE’s key parts are indigenous, together with its electro-optic digicam, which has a excessive decision from roughly 700 kilometers (435 miles).
The satellite tv for pc’s launch was a part of Türkiye’s bold 10-year house highway map, unveiled in February 2021. The highway map additionally contains missions to the moon and creating internationally viable satellite tv for pc programs.
“With the IMECE satellite’s mission, Türkiye has proved its ability in space technologies,” Kacır mentioned in a publish on X, previously Twitter.
“Hopefully, we will send Türkiye’s first national communications satellite, Türksat 6A, into space in the week of July 8. This will make us one of the 11 countries worldwide that can develop its own communications satellites,” he added.
Source: www.dailysabah.com