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APSCO 6th Senior Executives Meeting Held in Shanghai
The 6th Senior Executives Meeting of APSCO, the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization, of which we are a member, was held in Shanghai, China on 28-30 May 2013. APSCO's 2012...

TÜBİTAK UZAY participated in IDEF 2013 with its successful projects
Turkey's first national observation satellite RASAT was launched in August 2011 and the first high-resolution reconnaissance and surveillance satellite GÖKTÜRK-2 was launched in December 2012...

Lt. Gen. Erten "We are Proud of TÜBİTAK's Projects"
General Mehmet Erten, Commander of the Turkish Air Force, visited TÜBİTAK's booth at IDEF 2013 and stated that the Turkish Air Force is proud of TÜBİTAK's projects....

NASA's Nagin Cox Presented at TUBITAK SPACE
On April 24, 2013, Nagin Cox from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Mars Science Laboratory Flight Crew will present the Mars Science Laboratory Flight Crew to our Institute staff.

GÖKTÜRK-2 Made 1000 Turns Around the Earth in 70 Days
GÖKTÜRK-2, which was launched into space on December 18 as Turkey's high-resolution domestic reconnaissance satellite, made 1000 observations around the Earth during its 70-day mission in space.

THOR Project Started on January 1, 2013
The FP7 THOR project contract was signed by the European Commission and the project officially started on January 1, 2013. The project aims to develop future space...

GAMALINK Project Started on January 1, 2013
The contract of the project, which is a 7th Framework Program Project, coordinated by TEKEVER Company from Portugal, with six stakeholders from four countries, has been awarded by the European Commission.

Prime Minister Erdoğan: A Moment of Great Pride
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that GÖKTÜRK-2 satellite is the most meaningful indicator of where determination and self-confidence can bring Turkey and where it can carry Turkey....

"The Most Important Feature of GÖKTÜRK-2 is Its High Localization Rate"
Prof. Dr. Yücel Altunbaşak, President of TÜBİTAK, said that the most important feature of GÖKTÜRK-2 is its high localization rate and added, "100 percent of the software and hardware...

Our Domestic Reconnaissance Satellite GÖKTÜRK-2 in Space
Turkey's high-resolution domestic reconnaissance satellite GÖKTÜRK-2 was launched into space from the Jiuquan Launch Base in China. The first signal was received from the satellite, which successfully settled into orbit....

'Electric Vehicles' Meeting Organized at TÜBİTAK
The meeting at TÜBİTAK Space Institute was attended by officials from the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, as well as industrialists with competence in electric vehicles in the automotive sector.

Gokturk-2 Sent to China for Space Launch
The Göktürk-2 satellite, developed by TÜBİTAK and TAI engineers with national resources, has been made ready for launch into space. The satellite, which will start its space journey from China...