Maybe the government see's a different Somalia, but I wouldnt invest potentially hundreds of millions of € and in very important infrastructure in a country that is barely stable. If it was an Island of the coast, maybe but not like this.
There isn't news about it but yes it will be in Turkey. There already is a launchpad on the northernmost tip of mainland Turkey, in the city of Sinop. Rockets that have reached up to an altitude of 136km have already be launched from there but up to what size rockets can be launched is still a mystery. Another possible location is at Datça the southwestern tip of the country.I believe Turkey microsat launch facility is in Turkey....and is being started/planned now. Is that correct?
A location at the ocean coast is as good as an island for protection. A shipping port, a navy base, an airport and a space port can be established in a reserved area. Equatorial areas of Somalia seems to be scarcely populated. I am all for a mobile shipborne launchpad for the best flexibility. Perhaps portions of the system can be shipborne like the fueling and parts production.Maybe the government see's a different Somalia, but I wouldnt invest potentially hundreds of millions of € and in very important infrastructure in a country that is barely stable. If it was an Island of the coast, maybe but not like this.
There isn't news about it but yes it will be in Turkey. There already is a launchpad on the northernmost tip of mainland Turkey, in the city of Sinop. Rockets that have reached up to an altitude of 136km have already be launched from there but up to what size rockets can be launched is still a mystery. Another possible location is at Darça the southwestern tip of the country.
A location at the ocean coast is as good as an island for protection. A shipping port, a navy base, an airport and a space port can be established in a reserved area. Equatorial areas of Somalia seems to be scarcely populated. I am all for a mobile shipborne launchpad for the best flexibility. Perhaps portions of the system can be shipborne like the fueling and parts production.
Somalia is the best location that will yield the lowest operational cost once investment is made to ensure security.
You need to mind the second stage too, these two locations were chosen with that in mind.If its Sinop that will be it..... it (max size) can be calculated fairly easy when I get some time later....as you simply look at the range available for 1st stage debris and backwork to get its rough largest size.
i.e sinop to georgian coast roughly would be the distance to calculate from that sets bound for 1st stage.
Thats why earlier I proposed thrace, it will give a larger size/scope for largest rocket turkey can launch (at least due east wise)
Darca (close to area I proposed too) can be developed for 2nd site, especially for polar orbit, since those benefit from due south launch.
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The satellite – set to take off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8.26 p.m. Thursday (Friday GMT0126, 4.26 a.m. in Turkey) – will settle into its orbit within four months and start service in the second half of 2021, according to Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Ministry. Live feed and...defencehub.live
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You need to mind the second stage too, these two locations were chosen with that in mind.
A roll on roll off system is probably the most cost effective option which can minimize the security risk too. Depending on the busyness of activity and other factors a floating option or a full blown land base can be viable. But the stated $350mn cost estimate for the spaceport probably probably says something for what is in the minds of the officials.It would be best to develop any logistics like what EU/France done with French Guiana. Roll-on roll -off ships:
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Then you got to do assembly in situ in vertical-assembly area, then move final-vehicle to launch-pad and you launch there.
Launching from a ship presents major difficulties w.r.t stabilisation + strength of launchpad needed. Indian Navy for example for open-deck-based prithvi BM (since canisterisation/VLS was not found economical for the ships in question for BM this size) launch had to develop a pretty intricate stabilised platform just for that size...it was far from ideal too.
That's why sea launch had a very large ocean rig platform for the launch itself (next to a CnC ship etc)....for a lot bigger rocket:
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Turkey is constrained in such endeavour by geography somewhat, but here are two sites I think will be good for mid-sized future launch as the launch bearing window is goverened by:
- As close to east as possible (for maximum velocity imparted by earth rotation)
Purely due south launch can be looked at for 2nd site too, if Turkey wants to do polar inclination only.
Equatorial rocket launch is not affected much by the longitude of the launch site, rather by the latitude of the launch site and the direction in which the rocket is launched.
Launching a rocket eastwards will help impart greater velocity to the rocket, I believe.
I am not aware of any benefits or penalties from a strictly southwards launch of a rocket on a polar orbit.
Could you explain what are the nonpolitical benefits, or penalties, for a rocket launched southwards on a polar orbit?
opposition follows the Emirates and they want to remove the Turkish forcesMeanwhile in Somalia, depending on who runs the country things might change completely in this country.
Exactly!opposition follows the Emirates and they want to remove the Turkish forces