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TURKSAT 6A

NORAD 60233· COSPAR 2024-127A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Jul 8, 2024 from Space Launch Complex 40, United States of America aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Türksat 6A →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:16 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Türksat
Country
Turkey
Manufacturer
MDA Space
Launched
Jul 8, 2024
Mass
4,220 kg
Apogee
35,816 km
Perigee
35,774 km
Inclination
0.03°
Period
23.94 h
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Türksat 6A is Turkey's first fully domestically produced communications satellite, successfully launched on July 8, 2024.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for TURKSAT 6A across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Raising
Change
+1.0 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35774 × 35816 km
357953581635773May 28Oct 24
Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

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