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Space program overview Turkiye, in 3 editions.
The entry for Turkiye published Space program overview in 3 editions of 36, from 2023 to 2025. The text changed in 2 editions. Each is shown as published. Space program overview in every entry.
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Published as “Space program overview” (2023 to 2025).
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Changed since 2024Entry published as “Turkey (Turkiye)”.
- has an ambitious space program with a large focus on satellites, software development, ground station technologies, and building up the country’s space industries;
- in recent years has also initiated a space launch program with the goal of placing domestically produced satellites into orbit independently and a probe on the Moon;
- manufactures and operates remote sensing and telecommunications satellites, as well as satellite components;
- has a space/satellite launch vehicle program;
- space sector is heavily import-reliant, particularly at the component level;
- has established relations with more than 25 foreign space agencies and corporations, including those of Azerbaijan, China, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the US, as well as the European Space Agency;
- has state-owned rocket development and satellite communications companies (2023)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S
has an ambitious space program with a large focus on satellites, software development, ground station technologies, and building up the country’s space industries; in recent years has also initiated a space launch program with the goal of placing domestically produced satellites into orbit independently and a probe on the Moon; manufactures and operates remote sensing and telecommunications satellites, as well as satellite components; has a space/satellite launch vehicle program; space sector is heavily import-reliant, particularly at the component level; has established relations with more than 25 foreign space agencies and corporations, including those of Azerbaijan, China, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the US, as well as the European Space Agency; has state-owned rocket development and satellite communications companies (2023)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S
Entry published as “Turkey (Turkiye)”.
- has an ambitious space program with a large focus on satellites, software development, ground station technologies, and building up the country’s space industries;
- in recent years has also initiated a space launch program with the goal of placing domestically produced satellites into orbit independently and a probe on the Moon;
- manufactures and operates remote sensing and telecommunications satellites, as well as satellite components;
- has a space/satellite launch vehicle program;
- space sector is heavily import-reliant, particularly at the component level;
- has established relations with more than 25 foreign space agencies and corporations, including those of Azerbaijan, China, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the US, as well as the European Space Agency;
- has state-owned rocket development and satellite communications companies, including some under the Ministry of Defense (2024)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in the Space Programs reference guide
has an ambitious space program with a large focus on satellites, software development, ground station technologies, and building up the country’s space industries; in recent years has also initiated a space launch program with the goal of placing domestically produced satellites into orbit independently and a probe on the Moon; manufactures and operates remote sensing and telecommunications satellites, as well as satellite components; has a space/satellite launch vehicle program; space sector is heavily import-reliant, particularly at the component level; has established relations with more than 25 foreign space agencies and corporations, including those of Azerbaijan, China, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the US, as well as the European Space Agency; has state-owned rocket development and satellite communications companies (2023) companies, including some under the Ministry of Defense (2024)
note: further details about the key activities, programs, and milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on the space sector, appear in Appendix S the Space Programs reference guide
Entry published as “Turkey (Turkiye)”.
- has an ambitious national space program with a focus on satellites, satellite components, satellite launch capabilities, software development, ground station technologies, and building up the country’s space industries;
- manufactures and operates remote sensing and telecommunications satellites;
- in recent years has initiated a satellite/space launch vehicle (SLV) program with the goal of independently placing satellites into orbit and a probe on the Moon;
- works with more than 25 foreign space agencies and corporations, including those of Azerbaijan, China, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the US, as well as the ESA;
- has state-owned rocket and satellite development companies, including some under the Ministry of Defense;
- has a growing private space-industry sector, and the Turkish Government has pledged to increase the country's share of the global space market (2025)
has an ambitious national space program with a large focus on satellites, satellite components, satellite launch capabilities, software development, ground station technologies, and building up the country’s space industries; manufactures and operates remote sensing and telecommunications satellites; in recent years has also initiated a space satellite/space launch vehicle (SLV) program with the goal of independently placing domestically produced satellites into orbit independently and a probe on the Moon; manufactures and operates remote sensing and telecommunications satellites, as well as satellite components; has a space/satellite launch vehicle program; space sector is heavily import-reliant, particularly at the component level; has established relations works with more than 25 foreign space agencies and corporations, including those of Azerbaijan, China, France, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the US, as well as the European Space Agency; ESA; has state-owned rocket development and satellite communications development companies, including some under the Ministry of Defense (2024) Defense; has a growing private space-industry sector, and
note: further details about the key activities, programs,milestones of the country’s space program, as well as government spending estimates on Turkish Government has pledged to increase the space sector, appear in country's share of the Space Programs reference guide global space market (2025)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Turkiye: Space program overview.” The World Factbook, 2023–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/turkiye/space-program-overview.