26.01.2013, 10:16
Zitat:Turkey To Begin Launch System, Gokturk-3 Negotiations
Posted by Amy Svitak 12:31 PM on Jan 22, 2013
Ankara is planning development of a national satellite launch system capable of delivering military and civil spacecraft to orbit, according to Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz.
Following a Jan. 3 meeting of Turkey’s Defense Industry Executive Committee, Yilmaz said the government will enter negotiations with Turkish weapons builder Roketsan Inc. for the early concept design phase of a new launch system “to ensure that military and civilian satellites can be sent into space,” Yilmaz said in a Jan. 3 statement.
During the meeting, attended by Yilmas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the committee also approved the beginning of contract negotiations with Turkish Aerospace Industries for domestic development of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) spacecraft dubbed Gokturk-3, with support from defense electronics manufacturer Aselsan and state research institute Tubitak.
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