Geostationary
TURKSAT 5A
Commercial Broadband · Turksat / Turkey
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Turkey's first all-electric satellite — a major step in Turkey's space technology ambitions. Turksat-5A provides high-throughput Ku-band capacity specifically for Turkey's growing satellite broadband market, extending internet access to rural Anatolian regions where terrestrial broadband is limited. Turkey's Turksat operator is expanding from a domestic broadcaster into a regional satellite internet provider, competing for customers across the Middle East and Central Asia.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,241–22,242 mi (35,794–35,796 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 47306
- Int’l designator
- 2021-001A
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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