Göktürk-2 was launched from Jiuquan Launch Area 4 / SLS-2 in China by a Long March 2D space launch vehicle at 16:12:52 UTC on December 18, 2012, one day before the initial schedule due to poor weather conditions in the region. Equipped with state of the art advanced technology developed by Turkey and a series of new enhancements to provide improved high resolution imagery, it was placed at 16:26 UTC into a low Earth orbit of 686 km (426 mi). The first signal from Göktürk-2 was received at 17:39 UTC in the Tromsø Satellite Station, northern Norway.[2][3][4][5]
Produced with 80 per cent indigenously developed technology and 100% domestically developed software,[6] the satellite offers high-resolution imagery of 2.5 m (8.2 ft) resolution at panchromatic, 10 m (33 ft) at multispectral (VNIR) and 20 m (66 ft) at SWIR band.[2] It is Turkey's second national satellite following RASAT, which was launched from Russia on August 17 the same year. For the telecommunication, it has three S bandreceivers and transmitters. Göktürk-2 later put its solar panels into service, and began the week after the launch to send data and its first images, which were from the US, Brazil, India as well as Turkey's western city of Izmir.[2][3][7][8]
Rahmi Güçlü of Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul, an engineer appointed by the Government of Turkey to audit and report on the Göktürk-2 program, has claimed that the imagery obtained from space by Göktürk-2 satellite can be used to identify even individuals, due to the state-of-the-art software filters they have developed and that the Turkish Government has already begun using the technology for obtaining intelligence on the military operations of several countries in the region.[9][10]
In addition to its primary military reconnaissance mission, Göktürk-2 will carry out various civil applications on mapping and planning, landcover survey, geology, ecosystem monitoring, disaster management, environmental control, coastal zone management, and water resources.[2]
The satellite is part of a family of Göktürk earth observations satellites, which Turkey is developing in order to increase its intelligence resources. As of December 2012, Göktürk-1 is in production and Göktürk-3 in project phase.[11]
Foreign inputedit
SpaceTech GmbH Immenstaad has supplied the solar generator system, which consists of the following:[12]
the pyro drive module (PDM) electronics executing the deployment sequence of the mechanism.
Israeli objectionsedit
Israel had repeatedly voiced its objection to the launch of the Göktürk family of satellites by Turkey, stating that it would be used to obtain high resolution imagery of Israel, which could eventually fall into the wrong hands.[13][14][15][16][17]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected Israeli objections, stating that Turkey is a sovereign nation and as such it would not allow any Israeli interference with Turkey's decision to design, develop, manufacture and launch high resolution intelligence satellites.[13]
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This article is about the Turkish satellite Gokturk 2 For the medieval Turkic people see Gokturks Gokturk 2 is an Earth observation satellite designed and developed by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey TUBITAK and built by TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute TUBITAK UZAY and Turkish Aerospace Industries TUSAS for the Turkish Ministry of National Defence 1 2 3 4 Gokturk 2Model of Gokturk 2 displayed at the stand of TAI during the IDEF 15Mission typeEarth observationOperatorTurkish Ministry of National DefenceCOSPAR ID2012 073A 1 SATCAT no 39030 1 Spacecraft propertiesManufacturerScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey TUBITAK TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute TUBITAK UZAY Turkish Aerospace Industries TUSAS Launch mass400 kilograms 880 lb 2 Start of missionLaunch dateDecember 18 2012 16 12 52 2012 12 18UTC16 12 52Z UTCRocketChang Zheng 2DLaunch siteJiuquan LA 4 SLS 2Orbital parametersReference systemGeocentricRegimeSun synchronousInclination98 degrees 2 Period98 minutes 2 Gokturk 2 was launched from Jiuquan Launch Area 4 SLS 2 in China by a Long March 2D space launch vehicle at 16 12 52 UTC on December 18 2012 one day before the initial schedule due to poor weather conditions in the region Equipped with state of the art advanced technology developed by Turkey and a series of new enhancements to provide improved high resolution imagery it was placed at 16 26 UTC into a low Earth orbit of 686 km 426 mi The first signal from Gokturk 2 was received at 17 39 UTC in the Tromso Satellite Station northern Norway 2 3 4 5 Produced with 80 per cent indigenously developed technology and 100 domestically developed software 6 the satellite offers high resolution imagery of 2 5 m 8 2 ft resolution at panchromatic 10 m 33 ft at multispectral VNIR and 20 m 66 ft at SWIR band 2 It is Turkey s second national satellite following RASAT which was launched from Russia on August 17 the same year For the telecommunication it has three S band receivers and transmitters Gokturk 2 later put its solar panels into service and began the week after the launch to send data and its first images which were from the US Brazil India as well as Turkey s western city of Izmir 2 3 7 8 Contents 1 Resolution and payload 2 Foreign input 3 Israeli objections 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksResolution and payload editRahmi Guclu of Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul an engineer appointed by the Government of Turkey to audit and report on the Gokturk 2 program has claimed that the imagery obtained from space by Gokturk 2 satellite can be used to identify even individuals due to the state of the art software filters they have developed and that the Turkish Government has already begun using the technology for obtaining intelligence on the military operations of several countries in the region 9 10 In addition to its primary military reconnaissance mission Gokturk 2 will carry out various civil applications on mapping and planning landcover survey geology ecosystem monitoring disaster management environmental control coastal zone management and water resources 2 The satellite is part of a family of Gokturk earth observations satellites which Turkey is developing in order to increase its intelligence resources As of December 2012 Gokturk 1 is in production and Gokturk 3 in project phase 11 Foreign input editSpaceTech GmbH Immenstaad has supplied the solar generator system which consists of the following 12 three solar panels including photovoltaic assembly panel deployment mechanisms the pyro drive module PDM electronics executing the deployment sequence of the mechanism Israeli objections editIsrael had repeatedly voiced its objection to the launch of the Gokturk family of satellites by Turkey stating that it would be used to obtain high resolution imagery of Israel which could eventually fall into the wrong hands 13 14 15 16 17 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected Israeli objections stating that Turkey is a sovereign nation and as such it would not allow any Israeli interference with Turkey s decision to design develop manufacture and launch high resolution intelligence satellites 13 See also edit nbsp Spaceflight portalGokturk 1 Gokturk 3 List of Earth observation satellitesReferences edit a b c Gokturk 2 NASA Retrieved 2013 01 10 a b c d e f g h Barbosa Rui C 2012 12 18 China end 2012 with Long March 2D launch of Gokturk 2 NASASpaceflight com Retrieved 2012 12 18 a b c Yerli kesif uydusu Gokturk 2 uzaya firlatildi Hurriyet in Turkish 2012 12 18 Retrieved 2012 12 18 a b Gokturk 2 uzaya firlatildi Haberturk in Turkish 2012 12 18 Retrieved 2012 12 18 Gokturk 2 yorungeye ulasti Radikal in Turkish 2012 12 18 Retrieved 2012 12 24 Tamer Meral Gokturk 2 uydusundan ilk goruntu geldi Milliyet Ekonomi in Turkish Retrieved 2012 12 30 First images received from Gokturk 2 satellite Turkish Press 2012 12 26 Archived from the original on 2013 01 15 Retrieved 2012 12 30 Turkey s Gokturk 2 satellite receives first images World Bulletin Retrieved 2012 12 30 Sonay Nesrullah 2012 12 29 Gokturk 2 kulislerine cevap Bugun Teknoloji in Turkish Archived from the original on 2013 01 02 Retrieved 2013 01 13 Gokturk 2 den Rahatsiz Oldular Haber Vakti in Turkish 2012 12 29 Retrieved 2013 01 13 Iste Turkiye nin Uzay Programi in Turkish Savunma Sanayi Net Retrieved 2012 12 22 GokTurk 2 Solar Panels SpaceTech GmbH Immenstaad Retrieved 2015 11 03 a b Stephen Chen 2012 12 13 Controversial Turkish satellite launch caps year for China s space programme South China Morning Post Retrieved 2012 12 20 Turkey Israel to face new crisis over Gokturk project Today s Zaman 2011 10 31 Archived from the original on 2013 02 22 Retrieved 2012 12 20 Turkish satellite to roll back Israel s turf veil Reuters 2011 03 10 Retrieved 2012 12 20 Israel Turkey to clash over Gokturk satellite report Globes 2011 11 01 Retrieved 2012 12 20 Turkish satellite to roll back Israel s turf veil Al Arabiya 2011 03 10 Retrieved 2012 12 20 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gokturk 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gokturk 2 amp oldid 1204332186, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
