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Launched 2016-12-05 13:51:44 UTCAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
76th
orbital launch attempt in 2016
Arianespace
10th
launch this year
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
80 d 12 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Launches
328
Successful
313
95%
Upcoming
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scheduled
Height
29.9m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
1,500kg
Liftoff thrust
2,974kN
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