Türkiye's 1st homegrown communications satellite launched successfully

FLORIDA, USA - JULY 08: Turkiye's first homegrown communications satellite, Turksat 6A, is launched from the US state of Florida by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 08, 2024. The project for Turkiye's first indigenous communications satellite Turksat 6A has been some 10 years in the making. The indigenous Turksat 6A project was officially launched on Dec. 15, 2014, beginning with the opening of the Space Systems Assembly Integration and Test Center established at Turkish Aerospace Industries facilities, in cooperation with Turksat and Turkiye's Defense Industries Agency. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)