Türksat 6A, the Glossary
Türksat 6A is Turkey's first fully domestically produced communications satellite, successfully launched on July 8, 2024.[1]
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38 relations: Anatolia, Aselsan, İhlas Holding, British Isles, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Caspian Sea, China, Communications satellite, Falcon 9, Falcon 9 Block 5, Geocentric orbit, Geostationary orbit, Geosynchronous orbit, Hertz, Kennedy Space Center, Ku band, Middle East, North Africa, On-board data handling, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scandinavia, Software, Spacecraft thermal control, SpaceX, TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute, Türksat (company), Türksat (satellite), Türksat 5B, Turkey, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Turkish Armed Forces, Turkish Space Systems, Integration and Test Center, Watt, X band, X Band Satellite Communication, 42nd meridian east.
- 2024 in Turkey
- Communications satellites of Turkey
- Military satellites
- Proposed satellites
Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
Aselsan
Aselsan (Aselsan, acronym: Askerî Elektronik Sanayi, Military Electronic Industries), Aselsan A.Ş., is a Turkish defense corporation headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.
İhlas Holding
İhlas Holding A.Ş. is a Turkish conglomerate.
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.
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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
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Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Communications satellite
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth.
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Falcon 9
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon 9 Block 5 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.
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Geocentric orbit
A geocentric orbit, Earth-centered orbit, or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.
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Geostationary orbit
A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbitGeostationary orbit and Geosynchronous (equatorial) orbit are used somewhat interchangeably in sources.
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Geosynchronous orbit
A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day).
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Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
Kennedy Space Center
The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers.
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Ku band
The Ku band is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies from 12 to 18 gigahertz (GHz).
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
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North Africa
North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.
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On-board data handling
The on-board data handling (OBDH) subsystem of a spacecraft is the subsystem which carries and stores data between the various electronics units and the ground segment, via the telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) subsystem.
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.
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Software
Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer.
Spacecraft thermal control
In spacecraft design, the function of the thermal control system (TCS) is to keep all the spacecraft's component systems within acceptable temperature ranges during all mission phases.
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider and satellite communications company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute
TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK Uzay Teknolojileri Araştırma Enstitüsü) or TÜBİTAK UZAY for short, is a Turkish institution carrying out research and development projects on space technology, electronics, information technology, and related fields.
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Türksat (company)
Türksat Satellite Communications Cable TV and Operations Incorporated (Türksat Uydu Haberleşme Kablo TV ve İşletme A.Ş.) is the sole communications satellite operator in Turkey.
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Türksat (satellite)
Türksat is the name of a series of Turkish communications satellites operated or projected by the state-owned Türksat A.Ş. Satellite telecommunication is provided by the Gölbaşı Ground Station in Ankara, Turkey. Türksat 6A and Türksat (satellite) are communications satellites of Turkey.
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Türksat 5B
Türksat 5B is a Turkish geostationary high-throughput (HTS) communications satellite of Türksat A.Ş. developed for military and commercial purposes. Türksat 6A and Türksat 5B are communications satellites in geostationary orbit and communications satellites of Turkey.
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
Turkish Aerospace Industries
Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI; Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayi A.Ş., TUSAŞ) is the center of technology in design, development, manufacturing, integration of aerospace systems, modernization and after sales support in Turkey.
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Turkish Armed Forces
The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF; Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, TSK) are the military forces of the Republic of Turkey.
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Turkish Space Systems, Integration and Test Center
Turkish Space Systems, Integration and Test Centre (Uzay Sistemleri, Entegrasyon ve Test Merkezi) (USET) is a spacecraft production and testing facility owned by the Ministry of National Defence and operated by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
X band
The X band is the designation for a band of frequencies in the microwave radio region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
X Band Satellite Communication
X band or SHF Satellite Communication is widely used by military forces for beyond line of sight communications.
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42nd meridian east
The meridian 42° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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See also
2024 in Turkey
- 2024 Gazi University protests
- 2024 in Turkey
- Türksat 6A
Communications satellites of Turkey
- Türksat (satellite)
- Türksat 1A
- Türksat 1B
- Türksat 1C
- Türksat 2A
- Türksat 3A
- Türksat 4A
- Türksat 4B
- Türksat 5A
- Türksat 5B
- Türksat 6A
- TurkSat-3USat
Military satellites
- Advanced Extremely High Frequency
- Brik-II (satellite)
- DSN Corporation
- Defense Support Program
- Early warning satellite
- GOES 13
- Military satellite
- Miniature Sensor Technology Integration-3
- Missile Defense Alarm System
- Mohammed VI (satellites)
- Noor (satellite)
- Noor 2 (satellite)
- OV1-1
- OV1-10
- OV1-11
- OV1-12
- OV1-13
- OV1-14
- OV1-15
- OV1-16
- OV1-2
- OV1-3
- OV1-4
- OV1-5
- OV1-6
- OV1-7
- OV1-8
- OV1-86
- OV1-9
- People's Satellite
- Project SAINT
- Prowler (satellite)
- Reconnaissance satellites
- SICRAL 1B
- Samos (satellite)
- Satellite Data System
- Space-Based Infrared System
- Starlink in the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Strela (satellite)
- Türksat 6A
- US-K
- US-KMO
- US-KS
- Wideband Global SATCOM
Proposed satellites
- ALTIUS
- AstroSat-2
- CLARREO
- ClearSpace-1
- ConeXpress
- Dark Universe Observatory
- EarthCARE
- EarthNow
- Energia-100
- FLEX (satellite)
- Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring
- Flora Hiperspectral
- Geostationary Extended Observations
- Iodine Satellite
- LOXSAT
- Large Interferometer For Exoplanets
- Large Ultraviolet Optical Infrared Surveyor
- MIST (satellite)
- Mars Gravity Biosatellite
- MetOp-SG
- Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment
- Nautilus Deep Space Observatory
- PROBA-3
- SABIA-Mar
- SMILE (spacecraft)
- STEP (satellite)
- Space Solar Telescope
- StudSat-2
- Türksat 6A
- TEMPO3
- UVEX
- Weather System Follow-on Microwave
- Xuntian