Türksat has continued to develop and expand Türksat Satellite Ground Systems Redundancy Center, whose construction works was completed recently.
At the opening of the satellite ground systems redundancy center, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said, “With the center we opened, we are increasing the security in television broadcasting to a higher level. It is of great importance that the services carried out within TÜRKSAT are not interrupted in extraordinary situations or system-related emergencies.”
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu opened the TÜRKSAT Satellite Ground Systems Redundancy Center, which was completed in Kahramankazan District of Ankara. In his speech at the ceremony, Minister Uraloğlu stated that TÜRKSAT has strategic importance and said, “As you know, treacherous FETO members disguised as soldiers and infiltrated every part of the state wanted to eliminate our national will. They attacked here first in the coup attempt.
They tried to broadcast pirated television to break the will of our nation. When they were not successful, they targeted TÜRKSAT. Traitor FETO members tried to destroy the national will by targeting TÜRKSAT. At this point, our center was opened; “The services carried out within TÜRKSAT are of great importance in order to ensure that broadcasting services are not interrupted in extraordinary situations or system-related emergencies,” he said. Uraloğlu shared the following information regarding the technical function of TÜRKSAT Satellite Ground Systems Redundancy Center:
Türksat 6A in space in June
Stating that the first national communications satellite, Türksat 6A, has successfully completed many challenging tests, Uraloğlu said, “As a result of our evaluations, ground delivery will take place in March 2024. After this stage, we aim to launch Türksat 6A into orbit in June, in line with the agreement made with SpaceX company. “When it begins service, we will further strengthen our leading position in the region by providing service to new geographies such as South and East Asia, which cannot be covered by our other satellites,” he said.
Uraloğlu underlined that Türksat has carried out important work within the scope of value-added satellite services and said: “With VSAT, that is, small-scale data terminal services, we provide services through these terminals, especially to our village schools, in regions where the terrestrial infrastructure cannot reach. Many public institutions and private institutions We provide internet service via satellite to sector organizations with more than 4 thousand terminals. In addition, we carry out many R&D projects such as carrier tracking system, space object tracking system, high altitude platform, channel update system, Türksat positioning system with local and national resources. “As a service area, we also provide cable broadcasting services offered to the end user through Türksat.”
13 million dollar investment
Türksat General Manager Hasan Hüseyin Ertok stated that they had the opportunity to have geographical redundancy with the center in question and said, “We will continue to provide service with our systems located here, without any negativities, malfunctions or emergency service interruptions that may occur at our ground stations we serve in Gölbaşı.” Ertok stated that the investments will continue to increase in the coming years. Following the ceremony, Türksat Chairman of the Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Kemal Yüksek and General Manager Ertok presented the model of the center to Minister Uraloğlu. The center, which was implemented to provide redundancy for Türksat-5B and Türksat 4B satellites, has a system hall with a 460 square meter white area within the building. Here, there is a 2 megawatt energy infrastructure, 2 9-meter satellite control antennas that can serve all satellites, and 2 7.6-meter television broadcasting antenna systems that will provide service to Türksat 3A, 4A, 5B and 6A satellites.