Turkiye's 1st home-grown communications satellite is the fruit of a decade of work

The project for Turkiye’s first indigenous communications satellite, Turksat 6A, set to launch on Monday, has been in the making for some 10 years, Anadolu Agency reports. Turksat 6A is scheduled for launch on Monday at 5.20 pm EDT (2120GMT), marking an important milestone in the project. Turksat 1C, the successor of the first communications satellite, Turksat 1B, was launched in 1995, followed by Turksat 2A in 2001, Turksat 3A in 2008, Turksat 4B in 2014, Turksat 5A in 2021 and Turksat 5B in 2022. Turkish engineers took part in Turksat’s construction of the 4A and 4B satellites, as well as in the design, production and testing phases of 5A and 5B. Development of Turksat 6A The indigenous Turksat 6A […]