Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 13
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Turkey’s Turksat-6A satellite will be launched into orbit in December 2020, the Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communications of the country told Trend Nov. 13.
The ministry said that currently, the work on development of the Turksat-6A satellite has been completed by 40 percent.
Total cost of the satellite project is estimated at 546 million Turkish liras, according to the ministry.
The Turksat-6A satellite satellite will be assembled using domestic components and it is planned to be used for telecommunication purposes, added the ministry.
The first Turkish reconnaissance satellite RASAT was launched in 2011. Turkey launched the Gokturk 2 satellite from the Chinese Jiuquan satellite-launching center on December 18, 2012. Currently, the satellite is used for defense purposes.
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