Turksat 6A at 42° E
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 42° EChannel line-up at 42° E | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 60233
- COSPAR number
- 2024-127A
- Operator
- Turksat
- Manufacturer
- Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI)
- Model
- TAI
- Launch
- 08 Jul 2024 from Cape Canaveral SFS on Falcon 9 Block 5
- Launch mass
- 4300 kg
- Dry mass
- 1780 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Beacon
- 11697.5, 10700.5
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ku-band East beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Turkey beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band West beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Turksat 6A
20 Ku-band transponders (16 active and 4 redundant Ku-Band transponders which cover Europe, Northern coast of Africa, Midde East, India and Indonesia, in addition to Turkey), 2 X-band transponders. 3 regional Ku-band beams and one X-band beam