LaunchesGöktürk-1A
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Göktürk-1A
Vega · Earth Science
2016Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre
Mission
Göktürk-1A is a high resolution earth observation satellite (greater than 50 cm) designed and developed for the Turkish Ministry of National Defence by the Italian space service company Telespazio. The Göktürk-1A satellite has a dry weight of about 1,000 kg and a design life of seven years. Its observation payload includes a high resolution optical instrument and an onboard X-band digital imaging system to handle data compression, storage and downloading.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Rocket
- Vega
- Orbit
- SSO
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2