Engineering:Türksat 6A
| Mission type | Communications |
|---|---|
| Operator | Türksat A.Ş. |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | TÜBİTAK Uzay, TAI, ASELSAN, CTech Bilişim Teknolojileri A.Ş. |
| Power | 12 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | June 2024 (planned)[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral or Kennedy Space Center |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Longitude | 42° East |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 16 Ku-band (plus 4 in reserve) 2 X-band (plus 1 in reserve) |
| Bandwidth | 7.30-18.10 GHz uplink 11.70-12.75 GHz downlink |
| Coverage area | Turkey, Middle East, Europe and Africa |
Türksat program | |
Türksat 6A is a Turkish communications satellite currently under construction, which is being developed and produced indigenously to be operated by Türksat A.Ş. It will be Turkey's first fully domestically produced communications satellite, and is expected to be launched in June 2024.[1][2]
History
According to an agreement signed on 15 December 2014, the satellite will be developed and manufactured indigenously by specialists under the leadership of TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK Uzay) in cooperation with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), ASELSAN and CTech Bilişim Teknolojileri A.Ş. TAI will be in charge of design and production of the satellite structure and the subsystems such as spacecraft thermal control, chemical propulsion, harness and mechanical ground equipment needed to support the mission. TAI and TÜBİTAK Uzay will cooperate for the development of the software for satellite on-board data handling as well as for satellite command and control. They will perform the assembly, integration and test activities together at the TAI's Satellite Assembly Integration and Test Facility (Turkish: Uydu Montaj Entegrasyon ve Test) (UMET) in Akıncı, Ankara.[3][4][5] Türksat 6A will also have X-band satellite communication capability for use by the Turkish Armed Forces.[3]
The satellite will be launched on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle.[2] It will be placed in a geosynchronous orbit positioned at 42° East with an expected on-orbit life time of at least 15 years. It will consist of 16 Ku-band transponders, additionally 4 in reserve as well as two active and one in reserve X-band transponders. The Ku-band transponders will have a bandwidth of 7.3-18.1 GHz for uplink and 11.7-12.75 GHz downlink bandwidth. Each of the Ku-band transponders will have a minimum power of 140 watts and the X-band transponders at least 150 watts each.[6]
While the X-band transponders will cover the territory of Turkey only, the Ku-band transponders of Türksat 6A will have three coverage zones:[6]
- Turkey,
- "West Zone" covering the British Isles in the west, Scandinavian countries in the north, North Africa in the south, Caspian Sea in the east,
- "East Zone" covering Anatolia in the west, Russia in the north, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in the south, China in the east.
It is estimated that the project will cost about US$250 million.[3]
See also
- Türksat (satellite)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Türkiye set to launch 1st communication satellite in June". Hürriyet Daily News. 18 September 2023. https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-set-to-launch-1st-communication-satellite-in-june-186351.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kelly, Emre (17 September 2021). "Turkey selects SpaceX Falcon 9 and Florida for country's first domestic satellite". https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2021/09/17/turkey-selects-spacex-falcon-9-countrys-first-domestic-satellite/8376430002/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bekdil, Burak Ege (2014-07-07). "Official: Turk Indigenous Sat Capability on Schedule". Defense News. http://archive.defensenews.com/article/20140707/DEFREG03/307070011/Official-Turk-Indigenous-Sat-Capability-Schedule.
- ↑ "First Indigenous Telecommunication Satellite of Turkey TÜRKSAT 6A Will Be Manufactured in TAI". Defense Aerospace. 2014-12-18. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/159716/us-sanctions-russia-but-buys-its-rocket-engines.html.
- ↑ "The First Indigenous Satellite Build Is Planned By Turkey — TÜRKSAT 6A — Plus, GÖKTÜRK-2 Celebrates Second Anniversary... On Orbit". SatNews Daily. 2014-12-19. http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=1366391123.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Türksat 6A Uydusu Ön Teknik İstekler" (in tr). TÜBİTAK. http://www.tubitak.gov.tr/sites/default/files/1007-udhb-2013-01_ek_1.pdf.
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