Integration and Test Center

The opening of the country?s first space system integration and satellite testing center constitutes Turkey?s first step towards space, making it an assertive country on space studies, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said on May 21.

Turkey is to open its first satellite assembly and test center on May 21, according to a statement from the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

The Spacecraft Assembly, Integration and Test Center, located northwest of Ankara, in Kazan, will initially test the Göktürk-1 satellite, a civil and military observation satellite to be launched in November.