Türkiye to launch first national satellite into space
Türkiye's first IMECE high-resolution surveillance satellite will be launched into orbit on April 11.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced this on Sunday, April 9, on his Twitter account.
On the Twitter post, Erdogan says that Türkiye’s first local production IMECE high-resolution surveillance satellite will be launched into orbit on April 11.
“Türkiye will continue to participate in the global space race through trained human resources, provided capabilities and technologies of its own development,” Erdogan posted.
The İMECE satellite was developed by the engineers of the Turkish Space Technology Research Institute (TUBITAK UZAY).
In connection with the launch of the satellite on Tuesday, April 11, a ceremony will be held on the territory of the Institute.
IMECE will operate at an altitude of 680 kilometers.
The satellite will be able to take pictures from all over the world, provide data on natural disasters, be used for mapping and will be widely used in agriculture.
The estimated lifetime of the satellite that can be used for both civilian and security purposes is five years.
The weight of the device is about 700 kg and dimensions are about 2×3.1 meters.
It has the ability to capture an area 1000 km long and 16.73 km wide at a time and upload images to a ground station at a total data transfer rate of 320 megabytes per second.
