Türksat 6A

Türksat 6A is a Turkish communications satellite, described as Turkey's first fully domestically produced communications satellite, launched on 8 July 2024 on a SpaceX Falcon 9. Under an agreement signed on 15 December 2014 it was developed under the leadership of the TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute in cooperation with Turkish Aerospace Industries, ASELSAN and CTech Bilişim Teknolojileri. Turkish Aerospace Industries was in charge of the design and production of the satellite structure and of subsystems such as thermal control, chemical propulsion and harness, and assembly, integration and testing were done together with TÜBİTAK UZAY at the Turkish Aerospace satellite assembly, integration and test facility in Akıncı, Ankara. The satellite sits in geosynchronous orbit at 42 degrees East with an expected on-orbit life of at least 15 years, carrying 16 Ku-band transponders plus 4 in reserve and two active X-band transponders plus one in reserve. The project was estimated to have cost around 250 million US dollars.