Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
SpaceX will send Turkey's first domestically produced communications satellite to orbit today , and you can watch the action live.. If Mother Nature forces a scrub, the next opportunity will come tomorrow, during a four-hour window that opens at 5:20 p.m. EDT .
"India, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, which were not served by currently operating satellites, will be covered with Turksat 6A, reaching 5 billion people," Uraloğlu said, according to the paper. Earth for a landing today, touching down about 8.5 minutes after liftoff on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors
The rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, will continue hauling Turksat 6A toward geosynchronous transfer orbit, eventually deploying the spacecraft there 35.5 minutes after liftoff. Turksat 6A will then make its own way to its final orbit, where it will undergo a roughly month-long series of checkouts before entering service, Uraloğlu told the Hürriyet Daily News.
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