In the post shared on the ministry’s virtual media account; It was stated that the Göktürk-2B satellite, which has a mass of 700 kilograms, has made 16 thousand 100 trips around the world at an altitude of 680 kilometers for 3 years since the day it started its mission and captured 8 million 485 thousand square kilometers of images with sub-meter resolution.
The post also included the photograph of Mount Ararat taken by the Göktürk-2B satellite and said:
“An uninterrupted mission from the summit to space for 3 years. A look at Mount Ararat, the peak of Türkiye, from space. On the 3rd anniversary of the launch of our Göktürk-2B satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base (USA) on April 15, 2023, it salutes the highest point of Anatolia from space. Our satellite, under the command control of the Reconnaissance Satellite Battalion Command personnel of the Air Force Space Command, continues to be the symbol of our strong presence in space in its mission field extending all over the world.” “Beyond the sky, in the footsteps of the homeland.”
