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Turkey's First Indigenous and National Communication Satellite is in Service Turkey's first indigenous and national communication satellite, TÜRKSAT 6A, was officially commissioned at a ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The ceremony, held at Türksat Gölbaşı Campus on April 21, 2025, was attended by the Minister of Industry and Technology, Mr. Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Mr. Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, President of TÜBİTAK [...]

The 3rd Meeting of the Lunar Scientific Working Group, organized within the scope of the Lunar Program, which is considered an important stage in Turkey's space journey, was held on 11-12 February 2025 at METU Culture and Congress Center with a wide participation. At the meeting organized by TÜBİTAK UZAY, the latest developments within the scope of Turkey's first lunar mission and the "Ali Kuşçu Science, Exploration and Mapping Objectives" within the scope of this mission were discussed.

BALİSTİKA® is a user-friendly, scalable, scalable, 3D data acquisition and utilization system with high matching performance, running on a relational database linking bullet cores and casings, weapons, frequency of occurrence and individuals. Developed by TÜBİTAK UZAY with the 30 years of knowledge and expertise of Turkish engineers, this system is used by the Turkish National Police and the Gendarmerie General Command.

On January 18, 2025, the anniversary of the day Alper Gezeravcı went into space, we attended the premiere of the documentary "Beyond the Horizon" and the exhibition "Turkey's First Manned Space Mission" at the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) in Istanbul. The event, organized in cooperation with the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, the Ministry of Industry and Technology, TÜBİTAK, the Turkish Space Agency and TÜBİTAK UZAY, was attended by the Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, TÜBİTAK President Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Kacır and TÜBİTAK President Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Kacır.

GÖKTÜRK 2, Turkey's first high-resolution national reconnaissance satellite, has successfully completed its 12th year in orbit. The satellite, developed with domestic and national capabilities, was sent into space from China's Jiuquan Launch Center on December 18, 2012, and settled into its mission orbit at an altitude of approximately 700 kilometers. Developed with Indigenous and National Facilities Developed in cooperation with TÜBİTAK UZAY and Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc.

The SAHA Istanbul - National Space Industry Committee (MUEK) meeting, which was organized to discuss Turkey's strategic goals in the space sector and bring together industry stakeholders, was hosted by TÜBİTAK UZAY on 22 November 2024. The opening speech of the meeting was delivered by Yusuf Kıraç, President of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA). Kıraç talked about the steps to be taken within the framework of Turkey's National Space Program and international collaborations.