SpaceX successfully launched TÜRKSAT 6A, a Turkish communications satellite, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida.
TÜRKSAT 6A, is Turkey's first fully domestically produced communications satellite, built by Türksat A.Ş. in collaboration with TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), ASELSAN, and CTech Bilişim Teknolojileri A.Ş.
The satellite is designed to operate in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 42° East, providing data relay for civil and military communications across the Anatolian peninsula, most of Europe, the Middle East, and the westernmost part of the Russian federation.
TÜRKSAT 6A is equipped with 16 Ku-band transponders and 2 X-band transponders, covering a wide range of coverage areas. It is expected to have a mission lifespan of 15 years.
This is the 15th flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, O3b mPOWER, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, and eight Starlink missions.
