Armenian and Greek organizations of America lobby the US authorities in order to block the upcoming launch of Spacex Turkish communication satellite, write Turkish media.
Ilona Spacex Mask plans to use its Falcon 9 Block 5 carrier missile to send the Türksat 5B satellite into orbit in June 2021. In January, a private space company launched a TÜRKSAT 5A with a base on Cape Canaveral into space.
Greco-American Council and Armenian National Committee of America sent a letter to the Federal Civil Aviation Civil Aviation Letter with a request to block these plans, arguing that “communication satellite has dangerous military applications.” The letter indicates that Turkish drones were actively used during the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Türksat 5a and Türksat 5B are used both in commercial and military purposes. The Deputy Director General of Türksat Hasan Hussein Erokov said Defense Here last year that two new satellites “significantly increase” the possibility of communication of the Turkish military.
In the letter of Armenian and Greek organizations, it is indicated that satellite communications can expand the range of Turkish drones, “expanding the ability of Ankara to conduct military operations against the position of the United States and their allies almost at half the globe.”