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Türksat 1A was a Turkish
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as part of a project to form an instant network with two
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satellites that is supervised by the companies Türksat A.Ş. in Turkey and
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of France. Turkey's first spacecraft in its space program, Türksat 1A was launched by
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atop an Ariane-44LP H10+ launch vehicle, along with the French satellite Eutelsat 2F5, in a dual-payload launch on January 24, 1994, at 21:37:00
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from
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at the
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in
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,
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. It failed to reach the orbit as it was lost by falling into ocean due to malfunction of the launch vehicle's last stage 12 minutes and 12 seconds after lift-off. After successful launching of Türksat 1B the same year, Türksat 1A's mission was replaced by Türksat 1C, which was placed into orbit in 1996.


See also

* Turksat (satellite)


References

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