Payload
GOKTURK 2
OperationalPayloadLEO
GOKTURK 2 is a Turkish Ministry of National Defense payload satellite, launched on December 18, 2012 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 18, 2012 at 04:13 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 645 km
- Periapsis
- 642 km
- Inclination
- 97.68°
- Orbital period
- 97.59 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Turkish Ministry of National Defense
- Manufacturer
- TB_TAK Space Technologies Research Institute/Turkish Aerospace Industries
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 450 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-073A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39030
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Turkey- Radar cross-section
- 1.6464 m²
- Status
- Operational
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