Türksat_(company)

Türksat (company)

Türksat (company)

Communications satellite, internet, and pay television company in Turkey

Türksat Satellite Communications Cable TV and Operations Incorporated (Turkish: Türksat Uydu Haberleşme Kablo TV ve İşletme A.Ş.) is the sole communications satellite operator in Turkey. It was established on 21 December 1990 as a state-owned company named Türksat Milli Haberleşme Uyduları (Türksat National Communications Satellites) in Gölbaşı, Ankara Province;[1] eventually incorporating the satellite services of Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. and becoming Türksat A.Ş. on 22 July 2004.[1] Türksat A.Ş. also owns 100% of the shares of Eurasiasat S.A.M., jointly established as a spin-off company with Aérospatiale in 1996 to manufacture and launch Türksat 2A (Eurasiasat 1) in 2001.

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Hasan Hüseyin ERTOK was appointed as the General Manager of Türksat A.Ş on January 21, 2021.[2]

Satellites

Türksat A.Ş. has launched the Türksat series of satellites, and operated in the past Türksat 1C, Türksat 2A, Türksat 3A and Astra 1D (lease capacity) communications satellites. Currently, Türksat 4A is in operation. The company conducts satellite telecommunication at its Gölbaşı Ground Station in Ankara.[3][4] Türksat 4A was launched on 17 February 2014 in cooperation with Rosoboronexport.[5]

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Cable TV and internet service

Turksat founded Teledünya, a digital cable TV and internet service, on 1 November 2008.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Türksat A.Ş.: Timeline of satellite services in Turkey Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
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    "Üst Yönetim".
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    "Konya'da uydu kontrol merkezi açılacak". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 28 September 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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    "Deprem Türksat'ı da vurabilir". Habertürk (in Turkish). 23 December 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
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    "Proton-M orbited the Turkish communications satellite". Russian Defence Export Rosoboronexport. 17 February 2014. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014.
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    Sahin, Tuba (7 April 2021). "Turkey to launch Turksat 5B communications satellite in Q4". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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    "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 5B". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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    Tarihi, Giriş (28 April 2023). "Türksat 6A uydusu için merakla beklenen tarih!" [The highly anticipated date for the Türksat 6A satellite!]. Ahaber (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 April 2023.


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