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Turkey to launch reconnaissance satellite next week

World Materials 1 December 2016 17:48 (UTC +04:00)
Turkey’s Gokturk 1 reconnaissance and Earth observation satellite will be launched from Kourou launch site in French Guiana December 5, Anadolu Agency said Dec. 1.
Turkey to launch reconnaissance satellite next week

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 1

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Turkey’s Gokturk 1 reconnaissance and Earth observation satellite will be launched from Kourou launch site in French Guiana December 5, Anadolu Agency said Dec. 1.

According to the agency, Gokturk 1 will provide the Turkish armed forces with high-resolution images of the Earth surface.

The French-made satellite will transmit more than 60,000 images to the Earth a year.

Italian company Telespazio and French Thales Alenia Space are contractors in the satellite’s construction.

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