Ten years ago Turkey pledged to invest more in space technology as a means to improve the nation’s intelligence-gathering, military communications and early-warning capabilities. A decade on, Turkey is investing heavily in a burgeoning space program that boasts several telecommunications spacecraft and two Earth-observation satellites, with plans to build more.
Source: http://aviationweek.com/awin/ankara-plans-loft-25-satellites-2033
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