Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced that Türksat 6A is ready to be launched into space and in this context, the final phase of the packaging processes has begun.
Reminding that the integration and tests of Türksat 6A were carried out at the Space Systems Integration and Test (USET) Center, Uraloğlu said, “In satellite services, we continue our services with our Türksat 3A, Türksat 4A, Türksat 4B, Türksat 5A, and Türksat 5B communications satellites, which are one of Turkey's most important projects.” “We are now nearing the end of our domestic communications satellite project, Türksat 6A. We will launch our satellite into space in July,” he said.
Uraloğlu pointed out that they completed the construction of Türksat 6A under the leadership of Türksat and with the support of domestic industrial organizations such as TÜBİTAK Uzay, ASELSAN, TUSAŞ and CTECH, and said:
“I am proud to say that we have successfully completed our country's largest research and development project, Türksat 6A. We are now in the process of sending it into space. The packaging processes of our satellite are nearing completion at USET. On Tuesday, June 4, our national satellite Türksat 6A, will be launched into the air by Antonov Ankara using a Type 124 aircraft. It will land in the hangar of SpaceX facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the fuel tests of Türksat 6A will be carried out there. “The filling process will be carried out in the SpaceX hangar and we plan to send it into space using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket in the second week of July.
Emphasizing that the technology transfer training program initiated by Türksat was behind the completion of Türksat 6A with the highest localization rate, Uraloğlu said, “With the program initiated by our country's satellite operator Türksat, Türksat engineers were also involved in the construction of Türksat 3A, as well as Türksat 4A and Türksat 4B.” During the construction of Türksat 5A and 5B, 12 Türksat engineers were involved in the satellite design, production and testing, and now with the contribution of Türksat engineers who received training in space technologies within the scope of the technology transfer program, Türksat 6A will be produced with the highest localization rate. has given his assessment.
“Türkiye is able to export a communications satellite by building it from start to finish.”
Uraloğlu pointed out that the production of Türksat 6A represents a turning point for Turkey and provided the following information about the construction of the satellite:
“Within the scope of the project, TÜBİTAK Space produced the satellite management subsystem, the orbital orientation control subsystem, the power subsystem, the electric propulsion subsystem, the interface control units and the communication payload of Türksat 6A. C2TECH company produced the telemetry/beacon signal transmitter, the telecommunications receiver and the satellite payload. ASELSAN produced all the subsystems related to telemetry, telecommunications and distance measurement at local and national levels, from the omnidirectional receiver antenna to the receiver test adapter. On the other hand, ASELSAN manufactured the Turkey antenna, receiver, INET and payload interface unit that enabled Türksat 6A to be launched. TAI, which is responsible for the design of the systems, manufactured the satellite's structural panels and battery panel and installed them on the satellite. Thanks to these products, which were produced for the first time by R&D, Turkey has reached this stage. Thanks to these products, Turkey will gain space experience. “It has the ability to export these parts as well as a communications satellite by building it from start to finish.”
Minister Uraloğlu pointed out that Türksat 6A, which will provide redundancy for existing satellites, will also significantly increase Turkey's satellite capacity, and stated that the satellite, which will be stationed at a distance of 35,786 kilometers, will have a power of 7.5 kilowatts.
Uraloğlu emphasized that Türksat 6A, as a geo-fixed communications satellite, can meet the country's satellite communications needs in the field of communication services and wide coverage, especially television broadcasting, and stated that India, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are not covered, which are served by existing satellites.
Abdulkadir Uraloğlu stated that with Türksat 6A, the population reached by Turkey's satellites will increase from 3.5 billion to 5 billion, and pointed out that Türksat satellite service exports to the region will increase significantly with the commissioning of Türksat 6A.
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