The first Turkish observation satellite named IMECE will be launched into orbit on April 11, the national portal "Adyrna" reports with reference to Anadolu Agency.
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrote about this on his Twitter account on Sunday, April 9.
"Turkey will continue to contribute qualified personnel, capabilities and self-developed technology to the global space race," the Head of State wrote.
The IMECE satellite was created by engineers from the Turkish Space Technology Research Institute (TÜBITAK UZAY).
On Tuesday, April 11, a ceremony will be held on the territory of the institute in connection with the launch of the satellite, where the President of Turkey will deliver a video address to the audience.
The meeting will be attended by Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank.
The IMECE satellite, which will reduce Turkey's dependence on foreign satellite technology, was launched by Space X at 09.50 am Turkish time.
The same rocket will carry AKUP, KILIÇSAT and CONNECTA T2.1 satellites made by Turkish space companies into space.
The IMECE satellite was delivered to the US Vandenberg Air Force Base on February 21. Due to the situation in the country after the earthquake in Kahramanmaras province, no proper procedure was done.
The IMECE satellite was launched in 2017. It works at an altitude of 680 kilometers.
Satellites can take pictures from all corners of the planet, provide information about natural disasters, are widely used in cartography and agriculture.
The estimated service life of the satellite, which can be used both for civilian and security purposes, is five years.
The weight of the device is about 700 kg, the size is 2x3, 1 meter.
From the first time, it will be able to photograph an area 1000 km long and 16.73 km wide, and will be able to upload images to the ground station at a speed of 320 megabytes per second.
