Türksat 1A
Turkish communications satellite
| Mission type | Communications |
|---|---|
| Operator | Türksat |
| Mission duration | 10 years planned Failed to orbit |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | Spacebus-2000 |
| Manufacturer | Aérospatiale |
| Launch mass | 1,743 kilograms (3,843 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 24 January 1994, 21:37:00 (1994-01-24UTC21:37Z) UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Ariane 44LP |
| Launch site | Kourou ELA-2 |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Epoch | Planned |
Türksat program | |
Türksat 1A was a Turkish communications satellite as part of a project to form an instant network with two geosynchronous satellites that is supervised by the companies Türksat A.Ş. in Turkey and Aérospatiale of France.
Turkey's first spacecraft in its space program, Türksat 1A was launched by Arianespace atop an Ariane-44LP H10+ launch vehicle, along with the French satellite Eutelsat 2F5, in a dual-payload launch on January 24, 1994, at 21:37:00 UTC from ELA-2 at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. It failed to reach the orbit as it was lost by falling into ocean due to malfunction of the launch vehicle's last stage 12 minutes and 12 seconds after lift-off.[2][3][4]
After successful launching of Türksat 1B the same year, Türksat 1A's mission was replaced by Türksat 1C, which was placed into orbit in 1996.[4]
See also
Spaceflight portal
- Turksat (satellite)
References
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ "Türksat 1A, 1B, 1C". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- ^ "Ariane-44LP H10+". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- ^ a b Taşpınar, Özgür (2011-07-05). "İşte Türkiye'nin uzay programı". NTV-MSNBC (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-12-22.
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- Soyuz TM-18
- Gals 1
- Eutelsat II F5, Türksat 1A
- Meteor-3 #7, Tubsat-B
- Clementine, ISA
- Progress M-21
- Koronas-I
- STS-62
- USA-100, SEDS-2
- USA-101, USA-102
- Kosmos 2274
- Progress M-22
- USA-103
- SROSS-C2
- MSTI-2
- STEP-2
- Rimsat 2
- Progress M-23
- Tselina-D
- Kosmos 2281
- Foton #9
- Intelsat 702, STRV 1A, STRV 1B
- USA-104
- STEP-1
- Soyuz TM-19
- FSW-16
- Kosmos 2282
- STS-65
- PAS-2, Yuri 3n
- Nadezhda #104
- Kosmos 2283
- Apstar 1
- Kosmos 2284
- Kosmos 2285
- APEX
- DirecTV-2
- Kosmos 2286
- Brasilsat B1, Türksat 1B
- Kosmos 2287, Kosmos 2288, Kosmos 2289
- Molniya 3-60
- Progress M-24
- Kosmos 2290
- USA-105
- Optus B3
- Kiku 6
- USA-106
- Telstar 402
- STS-64 (SPARTAN-201)
- Kosmos 2291
- Kosmos 2292
- STS-68
- Soyuz TM-20
- Intelsat 703
- Solidarad 2
- Thaicom 2
- Okean-O1 #7
- Ekspress-2
- IRS-P2
- Elektro #1L
- Astra 1D
- Wind
- Kosmos 2293
- STS-66 (CRISTA-SPAS)
- Resurs-O1 #3L
- Progress M-25
- Kosmos 2294, Kosmos 2295, Kosmos 2296
- Kosmos 2297
- Geo-IK #24
- Orion 1
- Chinasat-6
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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