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Turkey's Aselsan signs $15.3 mln deal with govt defence agency
April 17, 2014 13:45 CEST
ISTANBUL (Turkey), April 17 (SeeNews) – Turkish defence company Aselsan [BIST:ASELS] said on Thursday it has signed a $15.3 million (11.0 million euro) contract with Turkey's Defence Industry Undersecretariat, SSM, related to the Ku-Bant Satellite Communication System project.
Deliveries under the contract are schedule to be made between 2015 and 2017, Aselsan said in a bourse filing.
SSM’s Ku-Bant Satellite Communication System project would involve the procurement of mobile Ku-Band ground terminals for clear and encrypted voice, fax, data and image transmission via Ku-Band Satellite Communications channels as well as production and installation of a main and backup satellite communication control center providing connection and communication between these terminals and terrestrial satellite ground terminals.
Turkey's Aselsan signs $15.3 mln deal with govt defence agency - SeeNews The corporate wire
good job Turkey!! keep it up. I cant wait to have a satellite to track ballistic missiles and SAR technologyTurksat 4A in orbit
Turkey’s newly launched Turksat 4A satellite is in orbit and ready for initial testing.
World Bulletin / News Desk
According to the information by Turkey’s Communication Ministry, the satellite is expected to be in testing until mid-March and then it will be moved to its permanent slot at 42 degrees east.
The communications satellite TURKSAT 4A was launched from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Feb. 15.
The satellite is equipped with two 3-panel solar arrays for power generation, a chemical propulsion system for apogee maneuvers, as well as orbital adjustments and navigation and stabilization equipment.
The TURKSAT 4A has a total mass of 4,850 kilograms, and is capable of providing 15KW of power to facilitate powerful communication payloads for mission durations of 15 years and beyond.
It was jointly produced with Turkish and Japanese engineers.
Television broadcasts and satellite communication signals will be able to cover the whole of the African continent, Europe, the Middle East and South and Central Asia with spot beam coverage of Turkey.
Turksat 4A will provide TV broadcasting and communication services for commercial and government customers, with communication payload consisting of 2 Ka-Band and 28 Ku-Band transponders.
TURKSAT 4B, Turkey’s sixth satellite, will be launched on the second quarter of this year.
TURKSAT 4B Internet services provider fees will be fifty percent cheaper in the country, officials say.
Turksat 4A in orbit | General | Worldbulletin News
@Bismarck, are you ethnic German? Just curiousity, what makes you so interested in Turkish tech news?
Amazing.. it is known when Turk maps will be ready?
Amazing.. it is known when Turk maps will be ready?
Yes, Germany and Turkey are natural allies. We were allies in WW1 and helped each other a lot. About EU, Germany doesn't want to share power with Turkey in EU. I think that is strange since we are ww1 allies but also somewhat understandable. If Turkey joins EU it will be biggest country in EU in 10 years in terms of population. It will be very hard for Turkey to be accepted. Maybe if EU falls apart it will lead to something else.As far as I know and my mom doesn't betrayed my dad with a Turk! Hahahaha
German has lots of interests. Some one are interesting in Burkina Faso, some one in Nicaragua and some one in Turkey. My interest was aroused by a Turkish friend of mine.
Their is one thing more. EU has to much country like Rumania, Bulgaria or Greece. If Turkey will ever enter in EU, it must be powerful in many ways like defense, economy....I wish turkey in this position. EU needs strong partner in the global world.
Turkey reveals plans for Space Command
Ankara, Turkey – Turkish Air Force, country’s top scientific and technological research organization, dubbed TUBITAK and a number of industry participants are collaborating for the development of an integrated command and control center exclusively for Turkey’s upcoming space projects, officials familiar with the program told TR Defence. The new center’s exact location has not yet been disclosed but Ankara, the nation’s capital, is on top of a very short list of candidates.
It will eventually host over 180 personnel around the clock, oversee all of Turkey’s orbital operations and will also act as a mission control center as part of Turkey’s ambitious satellite launcher project spearheaded by missile manufacturer Roketsan. It will operate in conjunction with an existing, smaller operations center.
“The center will be capable of tracking all space objects of Turkish origin, but only be managing government-sponsored satellites and missions,” a TUBITAK press correspondent said.
“We’re consulting with ESA, NASA, CNSA and other international industry partners to build an efficient space infrastructure and make our systems interoperable with theirs as part of Turkey’s wider space strategy,” official added.
Turkey currently operates a number of telecommunications and Earth observation satellites and is hoping to produce its next generation of satellites in Turkey with maximum local contribution.
A high-resolution spy satellite that stirred some heat with Israel last year over Israeli and Western worries that sensitive images might end up in the hands of Islamist terrorists, named Gokturk-1, is scheduled to be launched this year, followed up by an indigenously built SAR satellite planned for orbit in 2018.
Turkey hopes to begin sending its own satellites to space by 2023, its 100th anniversary as a modern republic.