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ISTANBUL, 9 July (BelTA — Anadolu) — Türkiye’s first homegrown communications satellite, Turksat 6A, successfully deployed on Monday.
The deployment took place at 8.05 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0005GMT Tuesday).
The
launch was realized at 7.30 p.m. EDT (2330GMT) on Monday from Cape
Canaveral Space Force Station in the US state of Florida by SpaceX’s
Falcon 9 rocket.
The 4.25-ton satellite will operate at the 42 degrees East orbital position and its service life will be 15 years in orbit.
It
will cover Türkiye, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia and
will serve 4.5 billion people for TV, radio and emergency
communications.
