The country develops its own satellites, from its first indigenous Earth observation orbiter, the Imece, to smaller cubesats and near-orbit constellation satellites.
Uraloglu highlighted Türkiye's transition from an importer of space probes to a country capable of exporting them. /Photo: AA Archive
"Our country's experience in the field of satellites will be crowned with the launch of the Turksat 6A into space, and our satellite will open the door to a new era and be a milestone for our country," Abdulkadir Uraloglu said on Tuesday. "We have increased the number of active telecommunication satellites in orbit to five, and our first indigenous telecommunications satellite, the Turksat 6A, marks an important milestone in our accomplishments in space and satellite technologies."
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