Preparations for the launch of the Turkish satellite Türksat 6A will begin in the first week of July.
About this on Saturday, on March 23, the Minister of Industry and Technologies of Turkey Mehmet Fatikh Kajyr.
According to the minister, on July 8, the process of transporting the satellite to the launch site will begin.
Critical important systems of the satellite were developed by Turkish engineers, the head of the Ministry of Industry said.
“on -board computers and power distribution units were produced in Turkey. The production of a satellite, 81.4 percent of the components of which is domestic, has ended. All testing processes are also successfully completed,” the minister said.
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The head of the department added that the maneuver of the satellite’s withdrawal to the working orbit will be held for the first time a team of Turkish specialists.
Kajyr said that the weight of Türksat 6A significantly exceeds the weight of other surveillance satellites and is more than 4 thousand tons.
Today, Türksat satellites have the opportunity to cover a population of 3 billion in 118 countries, the head of the department noted.
Thanks to the withdrawal of Türksat 6A to the orbit of the Türksat 6A satellite, Indonesia, Malaysia and India will also include the coverage of Turkish communication satellites, Kajyr said.
Thus, Türksat communications satellites will cover the population of 4.5 billion people, he added.
The development of satellites in Turkey is in full swing, the Göktürk satellite is up to, and the development of satellites ̇mece 2 and ̇mece 3, Kajyr added.