Turkish telecommunications satellite launches into space
Turkey's President thanked SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who launched the rocket, for not succumbing to “pressure of the anti-Turkey lobbies"
Turkey launched another satellite into space yesterday.
The telecommunications satellite Turksat 5B launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the US state of Florida. It was carried into orbit by a rocket from the US space travel company SpaceX, the official Anadolu Agency reported.
This brings the number of Turkish satellites in space to eight. The previously most recent Turkish satellite to go into space was Turksat 5A, which launched in January. Turksat 5B will help provide telecommunication coverage to the Middle East and parts of the African continent, according to Anadolu.
The launch followed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s conversation with the American billionaire founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, last week. The two discussed the launch and deepening cooperation on space travel.
