Türksat 5A

Türksat 5A, aka TUSAT-1 or PEYKOM-1, is a projected Turkish communications satellite, which will be operated by Türksat.

Türksat 5A
Mission typeCommunication
OperatorTürksat
Mission duration15 years
Spacecraft properties
BusEurostar E3000EOR[1]
ManufacturerTAI[1]
Launch mass~3,500 kilograms (7,700 lb)[1]
Power12 kilowatts
Start of mission
Launch dateQ4 2020 (planned)
RocketFalcon 9[2]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude31° East[1]
EpochPlanned
Transponders
BandKu band
 

History

According to an agreement signed in September 2011, the satellite will be developed by specialists in cooperation with Türksat and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). It will be produced in Turkey by TAI at its newly established Satellite Assembly Integration and Test Facility (Turkish: Uydu Montaj Entegrasyon ve Test) (UMET) in Ankara with 20% indigenously developed technology. Türksat 5A will be the first geostationary communications satellite to be built in Turkey.[3][4][1]

Launching of the spacecraft is planned for the end of 2020.[1] Türksat 5A will be placed in a geosynchronous orbit at 31°E to provide telecommunication and direct TV broadcasting services over a broad geographic region between west of China and east of England stretching over Turkey, as well as Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa.[5]

It was reported in early 2013 that Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) of Japan, which is constructing the satellite platforms of Türksat 4A and Türksat 4B, might join the project to provide a MELCO DS2000 satellite bus for the satellite.[1] But on 9 November 2017, Airbus Defence and Space was selected to construct the satellite platforms for Türksat 5A using Eurostar E3000EOR, an all-electric variant of Eurostar E3000.[6]

It will have a launch mass of approximately 3,500 kg (7,700 lb)[1] carrying Ku band transponders. The expected on-orbit life time will be 15 years.[7]

See also

References
  1. Krebs, Gunter. "Türksat 5A". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. http://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/spacex-to-launch-two-new-turkish-satellites-2797984
  3. "Dr. Balbay: 'Türksat 5A ve Türksat 6A Türkiyede Üretilecek'" (in Turkish). Türksat. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  4. "TÜRKSAT-5A Milli Haberleşme Uydusu için tüm hazırlıklar tamamlandı". Sabah (in Turkish). 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  5. "Turksat 5A Footprints". 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  6. "Airbus to build Türksat 5A and 5B satellites". Airbus. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  7. "Satellite Name: Turksat 5A (Tusat 1, Peykom 1)". SatBeams. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
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