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Turksat is a Turkish satellite operator providing communication and broadcasting services. It owns and operates a fleet of satellites, including communication and earth observation satellites, serving regions like the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Turksat partners with companies like Eutelsat and Hughes to enhance its services, such as in-flight connectivity, and works with Turkish companies like ULAK on projects like 5G-enabled smart transportation. The company's activities contribute to Turkey's growing role in space, including efforts to establish a national satellite brand.
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On June 30, 2026, Thales Alenia Space signed a definitive contract with Es’hailSat to design and manufacture the next-generation software-defined telecommunications satellite Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni.
Es'hailSat and Türksat have contracted Thales Alenia Space to build the Es'hail-3/Türksat-Biruni satellite.
Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni is a geostationary Earth orbit telecommunications satellite shared under a strategic partnership with Türksat.
Thales Alenia Space will oversee the end-to-end design, component manufacturing, environmental testing, ground delivery sequence, and ground segment integration for Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni.
The Es'hail-3/Türksat-Biruni satellite is a next-generation Ka-band satellite.
Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni will be built on Thales Alenia Space’s Space INSPIRE platform.
Es’hail-3 is being developed in collaboration with Türksat.
Es’hail-3 will be shared with Türksat.
The Es'hail-3/Türksat-Biruni satellite will operate at 50° East.
Thales Alenia Space will serve as the prime contractor for Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni.
Es’hailSat expects Es’hail-3 / Türksat-Biruni to expand its coverage and capabilities in new strategic markets.
Es’hail-3 / Türksat-Biruni will use Thales Alenia Space’s Space INSPIRE platform.
Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni is engineered to provide continuous, reprogrammable telecommunications coverage over a planned 15-year operational lifespan.
Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni is intended to provide high-speed broadband, cellular backhaul, and television distribution services across Europe, Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East.
Es’hailSat expects Es’hail-3 / Türksat-Biruni to strengthen the resilience and independence of Qatar’s communications infrastructure.
After factory environmental testing, Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni will be delivered for launch integration.
Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni’s high-efficiency electrical propulsion module received engineering and financial backing from the UK Space Agency.
The Es'hail-3/Türksat-Biruni satellite will be based on Thales Alenia Space's software-defined Space INSPIRE platform.
Thales Alenia Space will begin initial design reviews and structural sub-assembly manufacturing for Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni at its integration facilities in Cannes and Toulouse, France.
The Es'hail-3/Türksat-Biruni satellite is intended to provide broadband, broadcast, and secure connectivity to MENA, Europe, Central Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.