Göktürk-1A Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

5 Dec 2016, 1:51pm

UTC

Location

Guiana Space Centre

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 1

Launch Service Provider

Arianespace

Vehicle

Vega

Mission

Göktürk-1A

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Göktürk-1A is a high resolution earth observation satellite (greater than 50 cm) designed and developed for the Turkish Ministry of National Defence by the Italian space service company Telespazio. The Göktürk-1A satellite has a dry weight of about 1,000 kg and a design life of seven years. Its observation payload includes a high resolution optical instrument and an onboard X-band digital imaging system to handle data compression, storage and downloading.

Available Replays

Live

Images rapprochées du décollage de Vega