First image from IMECE satellite will be taken this week

TUBITAK President Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal introduced that photographs are anticipated to be taken this week from IMECE, Turkey’s first home and nationwide statement satellite with sub-meter decision.

Turkey’s first home and nationwide high-definition imaging satellite IMECE was launched into house lately and the primary indicators had been obtained from the satellite.

IMECE, which will be positioned in a simultaneous orbit with the solar at an altitude of 680 kilometers, will serve the nation in lots of areas comparable to goal identification, detection, pure disasters, agricultural functions, and will be in a position to receive photographs from everywhere in the world throughout its design mission lifetime of 5 years.

First image will be taken this week

TUBITAK President Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal introduced that photographs are anticipated to be taken this week from IMECE, Turkey’s first home and nationwide statement satellite with sub-meter decision, and used the next statements:

Our pals are on the level of taking photographs now. Hopefully, we count on them to take photos as quickly as doable, that’s this week, however we’re additionally cautious about this. In different phrases, since we will share the image we will obtain with the general public, we will have a high-quality image with a excessive decision.

Once more, I see this as very precious for the event of our nation. In different phrases, we’re a rustic that not solely makes use of this know-how, but in addition produces it with all its elements, and in addition creates the potential to export it; each as a element and as a system platform.

Turksat 6A is subsequent

Mandal said that TÜBİTAK House continues to work and that their subsequent pleasure is the TÜRKSAT 6A communication satellites.

Stating that they will ship a home and nationwide communication satellite to its orbit on the finish of this yr or firstly of 2024, Mandal mentioned:

After that, we will announce our astronaut undertaking and the mission of the primary Turkish astronaut in house… Once more, our laborious touchdown undertaking on the Moon is in 2024. In different phrases, we will go to the Moon with our personal automobile and make a tough touchdown there. Hopefully in 2028 we will make a smooth touchdown on the Moon.

Mandal added that they’re aiming for Turkey to have its personal satellite launch infrastructure as a substitute of receiving companies from one other nation.