Turksat 6A was placed in the capsule before launch.
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Turksat 6A was placed in the capsule before launch.
The orbital transfer planned for Türksat 6A will provide operational experience for the Moon Research Program Project (AYAP).
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Connecta IoT satellites of one of our country's leading satellite companies
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are being launched into space today with the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-11 mission.
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Turkey's first domestically produced communication satellite, TÜRKSAT 6A, will take its place in space on July 9th.
Developed under the leadership of TÜBİTAK UZAY with over 80% local content, TÜRKSAT 6A will serve at an altitude of 35,000 km for 15 years.
The Electric Propulsion Engine, which will perform the necessary east-west maneuvers to keep the satellite in its orbit, was designed, produced, and tested in the @tubitakuzay laboratories.
This system, which operates with high efficiency and uses xenon gas, offers more maneuverability with less fuel consumption compared to other propulsion systems.
The 300W system used in our first domestically produced satellite with an electric propulsion system, İMECE, which was launched last year, has been operating successfully. Now, we have developed a 1500W electric propulsion system for TÜRKSAT 6A, a much larger satellite that will operate in a higher orbit.
With the technologies we produce, we are not only capable of producing satellites but also exporting our satellite subsystems, progressing towards becoming a global technology provider!
One of the systems we produced for TÜRKSAT 6A at TÜBİTAK UZAY, the Electric Propulsion System, came to life in our mechanical and electrical production workshops featuring a class 10,000 clean room.
Our Electric Propulsion Engine Laboratory, where the design, production, and testing processes take place, is equipped with three vacuum tanks, two of which are large. These tanks are equipped with various test setups used to measure and analyze the performance of propulsion systems.
The vacuum tanks established to conduct these tests contain critical devices such as a thrust stand for measuring thrust, a Faraday measurement system for determining exhaust gas properties, and a thermal measurement system for determining thermal properties.
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We successfully fired our electric thrust engine!
We fired the HALE 1500 electric thrust engine, which we developed within the scope of the TÜRKSAT 6A project, for 7 minutes.
Thus, our electric thrust engine, which we produced entirely with domestic and national resources, gained space history in geostationary orbit at an altitude of 35,786 km.
While we continue the orbital tests of TÜRKSAT 6A, we also need to perform periodic position protection maneuvers to keep our satellite in orbit against the disruptive factors originating from the Earth, the Sun and the Moon and to maintain a safe distance from other satellites. For this purpose, we will use two domestically-made Electric Thrust Engines that we have installed to keep our satellite in its longitude and maintain its circular orbit. Thanks to our electric thrust engine, which we have successfully used in the HALE 300 version on our İMECE satellite, we will now be able to maneuver with less fuel and have the opportunity to increase the mission life of our satellite.This step we have taken in our national space journey is the work of our country's independent technological power and our determined engineers. We are proud of our teams!
