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Last shot at Türksat 6A – Latest news
The fifth and final launch of Turkey's first local and national communications satellite, TÜRKSAT 6A, into its orbit was successfully carried out. Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, in his speech at the Türksat 6A 5th Ignition Program at TÜBİTAK Space, said that the Türksat 6A project, one of the most important projects…
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KARTAL software received NATO certification for the first time
HAVELSAN, which has produced many software-based products in the Turkish defense industry in the 42 years since its establishment, has also achieved export success with these solutions offered to the security forces. HAVELSAN demonstrated its competences at the international exhibitions and exercises in which it participated. The company recently participated in NATO's largest digital interoperability…
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The 4th launch of Türksat 6A will take place on Tuesday
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu reported on his social media account about the launch process of Turkey's first domestic and national satellite, Türksat 6A. Uraloğlu stated that Türksat 6A's firing phases continued to be carried out successfully: “Today we successfully completed the third firing, which lasted seven minutes. TÜRKSAT 6A continues its historic…
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Türksat 6A is the product of 10 years of work
Türkiye's communications satellite transmission began in 1994 with Türksat 1B. Two years later, Türksat 1C was launched in 1996, Türksat 2A in 2001, Türksat 3A in 2008 and Türksat 4B in 2014. Türksat 5A was launched in 2021 and finally Türksat 5B was launched in 2022. With the program initiated by Türksat, Turkish engineers were…
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Heat domes facilitate the formation of forest fires
While the states in the Midwest and Northeast of the USA struggled with heat waves throughout June, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the main reason for this situation was the weather phenomenon called “Heat Dome”. This weather event, relatively less well known than a heat wave, occurs when a high…
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Türksat 6A will expand Turkey’s area of activity
Ertok conducted the evaluation in Cape Canaveral, where he was scheduled to attend the launch ceremony of the Türksat 6A satellite. Ertok stressed that it was a matter of great pride for them to launch Türksat 6A into space and said that the project was launched at the end of 2014 under the leadership of…
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86.5 percent of people in Turkey use the Internet and 93.8 percent have a mobile phone connection.
In his written statement, Minister Uraloğlu assessed the April data of the Digital 2024 Global Overview and Turkey Report prepared by the organizations We Are Social and Meltwater, which report digital data around the world every year. Uraloğlu stated that the global mobile phone usage rate will exceed 69 percent in 2024 and stated that…
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The competition authority did not punish Google
According to the announcement on the competition authority's website, Alphabet Inc, Google llc, Google International llc, Google Ireland Limited and Google Advertising and Marketing Ltd. The investigation against the economic integrity of Şti (Google) has been completed. The investigation launched last year into allegations that the company had violated competition law by abusing its dominant…
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Turkish scientists have reached the sea ice limit in the Arctic
The 4th National Arctic Scientific Research Expedition team, carried out under the auspices of the Presidency, under the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and Technology and under the coordination of TÜBİTAK MAM Polar Research Institute, reached the sea ice boundary with a changed route 71 degrees north latitude to the North Pole. The 4th…
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Second attack on Türksat 6A on July 12
Minister of Industry and Technology Kacır shared a post about Türksat 6A on his social media account. Kacır congratulated his colleagues at TÜBİTAK and stated that the national communications satellite Türksat 6A was a first in Turkish space history. Kacır stated: “Our teams successfully completed the first thrust shot and performed the orbit raising maneuver.…