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Göktürk-1A

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Göktürk-1A is a high resolution earth observation satellite (greater than 50 cm) designed and developed for the Turkish Ministry of National Defence by the Italian space service company Telespazio. The Göktürk-1A satellite has a dry weight of about 1,000 kg and a design life of seven years. Its observation payload includes a high resolution optical instrument and an onboard X-band digital imaging system to handle data compression, storage and downloading.

Vega

Family:
Configuration:

Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.

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Specifications

Stages
4
Length
29.9 m
Diameter
3.025 m
Fairing Diameter
2.6 m
Launch Mass
137.0 T
Thrust
2974.0 kN

Family

Name
Vega
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Vega

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$37000000
Low Earth Orbit
1500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
1450.0 kg

Avio S.p.A

(Avio)

CEO: Giulio Ranzo Founded: 1908 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 24

Agency Type:

Avio S.p.A. is an Italian company operating in the aerospace sector with its head office in Colleferro near Rome, Italy. Founded in 1908, it is present in Italy and abroad with different commercial offices and 10 production sites.

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