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Türksat 5A
Türksat 5A [Airbus DS]
Türksat 5A is a geostationary communications satellites built for Türksat AS.
Türksat AS began the project in September 2011. Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) will the turkish industry partner. The final production contract was expected for 2015 but was much delayed to October 2017, when Airbus Defence and Space was selected.
Türksat-5A is built on the all-electric Eurostar-3000EOR bus and will weight about 3500 kg at launch. It provides 12 kilowatts of power at the end of its life and features an all Ku-band payload.
Türksat 5A was launched to its 31° East orbital location in January 2021 on a SpaceX Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) rocket.
| Nation: | Türkiye (Turkey) |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Türksat AS |
| Contractors: | Airbus Defence and Space, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) |
| Equipment: | Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | Eurostar-3000EOR |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 3500 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Türksat 5A | 2021-001A | 08.01.2021 | CC SLC-40 | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
References:
- SpaceNews: Türkiye (Turkey) picks Airbus for Turksat 5A and 5B, 11 October 2017
Further Türksat missions:
- Türksat 1A, 1B, 1C [Spacebus-2000]
- Türksat 2A (Eurasiasat 1) [Spacebus-3000B3]
- Türksat 3A [Spacebus-4000B2]
- Türksat 4A [DS-2000]
- Türksat 4B [DS-2000]
- Türksat 5A [Eurostar-3000EOR]
- Türksat 5B [Eurostar-3000EOR]
- Türksat 6A
