Turkey to launch satellite in 2016

Turkey will launch its third satellite - the Türksat 5A - in 2016, said Binali Yildirim, Minister for Transportation and Communication.

Construction of the satellite will start next year.

Turkey launched the RASAT satellite in 2011 and the Göktürk-2 satellite on December 18, 2012.

Nihat Ergun, Minister for Science, Industry and Technology, has recently announced Turkey’s preparing a 10-year investment in a program for satellite technologies.