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The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting the Turksat 5B mission previously supported the launches of CRS-22 and Crew-3.
Turksat 5B will increase broadband data capacity and will serve areas including Africa, Asia, and Europe.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster previously launched GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, and six Starlink missions.
Turksat plans to leverage the solution with the anticipated launch of the Turksat 5B satellite later 2021 to expand coverage across Europe and Africa.
Turksat will use the solution to provide 0.004 kg cellular backhaul coverage to 100 rural sites.
ST Engineering iDirect, XipLink, and Turksat invested time, equipment, and expertise in developing and testing the additional security feature in XipLink’s software.
A Falcon 9 launched Turksat 5A in January 2021.
Turksat will launch its first domestically built communications satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
The Falcon 9 first stage used on Transporter-2 previously supported the launches of GPS III Space Vehicle 03, Turksat 5A, and five Starlink missions.
The Falcon 9 booster used for Transporter-2 had its first launch exactly one year earlier when it launched a GPS III satellite and was also used to launch Turksat 5A and five Starlink missions prior to Transporter-2.
The same Falcon 9 booster launched Turksat 5A in 2021-01-01 and three other Starlink missions prior to the 2021-03-24 launch.
The Turksat 5A mission launched from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX launched the Turksat 5A mission on Thursday, 2021-01-07 at 9:15 p.m. EST.
Turksat 5A will operate at 31 degrees east in geostationary orbit and will provide Ku-band broadcast services over portions of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Turksat 5B will operate from 42 degrees east in geostationary orbit and is expected to launch later in 2021 on a Falcon 9.
Turkish satellite operator Turksat ordered Turksat 5A and Turksat 5B from Airbus Defence and Space in 2017.
The Falcon 9 first stage that launched Turksat 5A previously launched the GPS SV03 satellite in June 2020 and two Starlink missions in September and October 2020.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Turksat 5A communications satellite on 2021-01-07.
Turkish Aerospace Industries is building Turksat-6A, Turkey’s first domestically produced geostationary telecommunications satellite.
Turksat-5A is designed to be a 3,500-kilogram Ku-band satellite with a launch scheduled in 2020.