to one of the grandiose events in the history of the Turkish Republic – sending to the International Space Station (ISS) of the first manned mission remain a few days.
The Turkish astronaut of the Alpers Goseravja will go to the ISS as part of the third commercial mission Axiom (AX-3) on the night of January 17-18. The launch will occur from the bridgehead of the Space Center named after Kennedy in Florida under the auspices of SpaceX at 01.11. The trip of Goseravja marks the culmination of many years of unshakable efforts of Turkey on the development of space.
Turkey has begun to implement ambitious plans for the development of space with the creation of its own space agency on December 13, 2018. The TUA agency’s tasks, set by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, included the preparation and implementation of the national space program.
February 9, 2021, the head of the Turkish state announced the National Space Program of Turkey. Among the ten goals of the program is a manned mission to the ISS, in which a Turkish citizen will take part.
Sostovka with the ISS of the spacecraft, on which the Goseravji will make the first flight into space, will occur on January 19, at 13.15. Thus, the efforts of Türkiye on the development of space will acquire a new dimension.
In the future, the government will continue to make active efforts to achieving the goals of the national space program. Within this framework, the second Turkish astronaut Tuva Dzhikhangir Atasevers will go to the moon in April.
In addition, Turkey is aimed at creating its own brand in the production of new generation satellites, capable of competently compete with world companies.
Among the goals of the space program, which Turkey intends to fully implement, the creation of a regional system of positioning and synchronization of time.
Listing the goals of the program several years ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey plans to “create a cosmodrome and provide itself with access to space space.”
“Another goal of the program is to increase the competitiveness of the country in space due to investment in space meteorology,” said Erdogan.
Türkiye will increase the effectiveness of its astronomical observations and tracking space objects from the Earth.
Erdogan emphasized that within the framework of the program, Turkey will continue to develop the “economic system of its space industry.”
The President also said that the country will create a zone of development of space technologies that will attract domestic and foreign investors.
Now, Turkey is preparing for another significant milestone – the country plans to launch the first domestic communication satellite Turksat 6A. Its launch is scheduled for the second quarter of 2024.
Thus, Turkey is taking confident steps to its goal – to bring income from the commercial use of space, which have now reached $ 600 billion and, up to 1 trillion dollars.