TÜBİTAK UZAY (Space Technologies Research Institute) was founded in 1985, under the framework of a protocol signed between the Middle East Technical University (METU) and The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) as a publicly funded research institute.click for more>

Images acquired by RASAT are available on RASAT web site. rasat.uzay.tubitak.gov.tr

RASAT is in its targeted ORBIT!
The launch was successfully performed with the Dnepr launch vehicle from Yasny Launch Base of Russia, on 17th of August. RASAT was reached on-target orbit, at the 689 km high, at 10:12:20 Turkish Time.
Following completion of the launch, first contact with RASAT was made from Ankara, TÜBİTAK UZAY ground station at 11:44:04 Turkish Time and first telemetry of RASAT was received at 11:51:20. RASAT service operations are ongoing  and all the software was uploaded from Ankara TÜBİTAK ground station and Norwegian Andøya Ground Station.

Currently all the modules of RASAT are tested and main modules are actively functioning.
Camera calibration activities  are ongoing.

Launch Videos:

Camera1_DNEPR_2011.08.17.avi

Camera2_DNEPR_2011.08.17.avi

Camera3_DNEPR_2011.08.17.avi

RASAT is on the way to launch! RASAT, the first earth observation satellite designed and manufactured in Turkey, is transported to Russian Federation for launch. RASAT is designed, manufactured and tested by TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TUBITAK UZAY), with funding from Turkish State Planning Office (DPT). 15.06.2011

TÜBİTAK UZAY Brochures Balistika Heskon Companzation National Power Quality Project >>>

RİTM PROJECT Mustafa Kemal Büyükmıhçı, General Manager, EİE,  Atilla Gürbüz, Deputy General Manager, EİE,  Maksut Saraç, Head of Project Department, EİE,  and Zafer Karayılanoğlu, Dam and River Type HPP Branch Manager, EİE, have visited the 'Wind Power Monitoring and Forecast Center' designed by TÜBİTAK UZAY. www.ritm.gov.tr

Facility Establishment Project for Electric Propulsion Applications Research and Hall Thruster Development (HALE) Through HALE (Facility Establishment Project for Electric Propulsion Applications Research and Hall Thruster Development) Turkey will establish its first facility for research and development of electric thruster technologies. This project will build necessary knowledge base and facilities to design, manufacture, and test Hall effect thrusters. click for more >

National Power Quality Project ± 50 MVAr STATCOM prototype has been made ready for commissioning at Sincan Transformer Substation. Click for photos www.guckalitesi.gen.tr

Reliability Assessment Laboratory Reliability Assessment Laboratory is established within the facility of TÜBİTAK UZAY Space Technologies Research Institute which has always been a pioneer on technologic improvements in Turkey. Along with the foundation of this laboratory, it is aimed to conduct reliability tests and analyses of electronic devices that are in design, in production line or already in the field. www.uzay.tubitak.gov.tr/guvenilirlik

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