turkey on Tuesday put in her service latest Communications satellite will provide services over Turkey, Middle East and parts of Africa, in What President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called a new phase in The state space a trip.
The Turksat 5B . satellite was launched in Dec on A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral in Florida. It was launched into a geostationary transfer orbit, reaching 42° East to provide high throughput for Ka and Ku-band services.
“The Türksat 5B satellite will make uninterrupted TV and satellite broadband capacity from Africa and the Middle East to Asia,” Erdogan said at the ceremony. in The capital, Ankara.
Geography problems It will now disappear. Everyone will be able to use Internet easily from anywhere.
The orbit that will serve for 30 years will ensure That ‘frequency and territorial rights of our country also Erdogan said.
Turkey signed an agreement with The global Airbus airline in 2017 for output of Turksat 5B and 5A satellitesthe last one of who was sent to space in January last year.
Turksat 5B has reached its destination on May 17 and successfully underwent performance and orbital tests. Will cover extensively area It includes the entire Middle East region, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, and parts of of Africa as well as neighboring countries.
It will have a useful load capacity that will exceed all satellites So far, it will boost Turkey’s connectivity ability fifteenfold, officials said.
Infrastructure expansion
Erdogan stressed that Türksat 5B will do so add pace Turkey’s efforts to expand its telecommunications and Internet infrastructure.
He said it will save support For emergency and disaster services to maintain contact in Rural and mountainous areas.
“expansion of Fiber internet infrastructure is something else issue We must definitely solve. We know we’re going slow on This issue Erdogan, adding that the file government It would stimulate companies in the field ensure fast development.
“we will also support Enterprise of a common The structure that will take the fibers to countryside. we will also Remove obstacles to rapid deployment quickly of fiber infrastructure. We will have made Our country is ready for 5G. “
“We will complete the fiber-optic infrastructure in Shortly in The same way we had equipped our country with Roads and airports in The last 20 years, Erdogan said.
Indigenous Observation Orbiter Launched
Türksat 5B will increase the number of Turkey active Telecommunications satellites to five and total number of satellites to eight, a number Erdogan has said he will do soon up to 10.
output of The local satellite, Turksat 6A, is also processing in Ankara, where assembly, integration and tests take place out.
Orbit will be sent to space in Erdogan said that the mid-2023.
It’s a product of Cooperation between the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure as well as organizations and companies such as leading defense Aselsan, TAI, and CTech, along with Türksat and the country’s highest scientific bodyCouncil for Scientific and Technological Research of Turkey (TBITAK).
It will place Turkey out of 10 countries able of their own production satellites.
Türksat 6A will be operational at this time next year Erdogan noted.
Turkey will also Launch of the IMECE high-resolution local observation satellite to space in January, Erdogan said.
It was the fifth generation of the Turksat 5A also Launched via Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX. Officials say the communications satellite has entered service in June last year will also help Securing the orbital rights of Turkey and it will serve for 35 years.
rest in Turkish unused orbital aperture at 31° East, the satellite provides broadcasting services to wide geographic areas covering Europe, the Middle East and large areas of Africa as well as the Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Seas region.
