Türksat 1A

Türksat 1A was a Turkish communications satellite as part of a project to form an instant network with two geosynchronous satellites that is supervised by the companies Türksat A.Ş. in Turkey and Aérospatiale of France.

Türksat 1A

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Türksat
Mission duration	10 years planned Failed to orbit
Spacecraft properties
Bus	Spacebus-2000
Manufacturer	Aérospatiale
Launch mass	1,743 kilograms (3,843 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	24 January 1994, 21:37:00 (1994-01-24UTC21:37Z) UTC[1]
Rocket	Ariane 44LP
Launch site	Kourou ELA-2
Contractor	Arianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Epoch	Planned
Türksat program Türksat 1B →

Turkey's first spacecraft in its space program, Türksat 1A was launched by Arianespace atop an Ariane-44LP H10+ launch vehicle, along with the French satellite Eutelsat 2F5, in a dual-payload launch on January 24, 1994, at 21:37:00 UTC from ELA-2 at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. It failed to reach the orbit as it was lost by falling into ocean due to malfunction of the launch vehicle's last stage 12 minutes and 12 seconds after lift-off.^[2][3][4]

After successful launching of Türksat 1B the same year, Türksat 1A's mission was replaced by Türksat 1C, which was placed into orbit in 1996.^[4]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• Turksat (satellite)