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Globe Considering Satellites as Way to Bridge Digital Divide

Turkey’s new communications satellite service, it will cover Turkey and Europe, the thanks to the electric propulsion system,
Turksat 5A has entered into orbit at 31° East, Middle East, North Africa, Mid-West and he said. He went on to say that Turkey's
said the country's transportation minister South Africa as well as the Mediterranean, communication satellite traffic will
said recently. With a 30-year lifetime, Aegean, and the Black Sea, he noted. He increase in the future. "We aim to launch
Turkey's fifth-generation satellite was said the satellite will push Turkey into the the Turksat 5B communication satellite,
launched by technology company SpaceX league of nations using the advanced Ku- which is nearing the end in its production
in January. "Turksat 5A will have a month- Band in television broadcasting and data processes, into space in the fourth quarter
long test run and become operational after communication services. The satellite can of this year." As of Jan. 8, 2021, the number
June," Adil Karaismailoglu told Anadolu serve the fields of TV broadcasting and of active Turkish satellites in Earth orbit
Agency. When the satellite is put into communication for more than 30 years has reached seven.

Turkish 5A Satellite Enters into Orbit At 31° East

Turkey’s new communications satellite service, it will cover Turkey and Europe, the thanks to the electric propulsion system,
Turksat 5A has entered into orbit at 31° East, Middle East, North Africa, Mid-West and he said. He went on to say that Turkey's
said the country's transportation minister South Africa as well as the Mediterranean, communication satellite traffic will
said recently. With a 30-year lifetime, Aegean, and the Black Sea, he noted. He increase in the future. "We aim to launch
Turkey's fifth-generation satellite was said the satellite will push Turkey into the the Turksat 5B communication satellite,
launched by technology company SpaceX league of nations using the advanced Ku- which is nearing the end in its production
in January. "Turksat 5A will have a month- Band in television broadcasting and data processes, into space in the fourth quarter
long test run and become operational after communication services. The satellite can of this year." As of Jan. 8, 2021, the number
June," Adil Karaismailoglu told Anadolu serve the fields of TV broadcasting and of active Turkish satellites in Earth orbit
Agency. When the satellite is put into communication for more than 30 years has reached seven.

Soyuz Rocket Set to Launch More OneWeb Internet Satellites

A Soyuz rocket is standing on a launch pad liftoff at 2214:08 GMT (6:14:08 p.m. EDT). an operational altitude of 745 miles (1,200
at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s The four-hour mission will place the 36 kilometers) in the coming months. With
the Far East for liftoff with the next 36 OneWeb satellites — each about the size next 36 satellites, OneWeb’s fleet will have
satellites for OneWeb’s internet network, of a mini-fridge — into a polar orbit about 182 spacecraft of a planned constellation
the sixth Soyuz mission dedicated to the 279 miles (450 kilometers) above Earth of 648 nodes relaying broadband internet
commercial broadband constellation. The after launching toward the north from signals around the world. The fleet will
36 satellites, built on Florida’s Space Coast Vostochny. Each spacecraft will deploy surpass the one-quarter complete mark
by a joint venturer between OneWeb and power-generating solar panels and switch with Sunday’s launch.
Airbus, are stowed inside the nose cone of on xenon-fueled plasma thrusters to reach
a Soyuz-2.1b rocket at Vostochny, Russia’s
newest spaceport in the far eastern Amur
Oblast near the Chinese border. Ground
teams transferred the Soyuz rocket, its
Fregat upper stage, and the OneWeb
payload compartment to their launch pad
Thursday. A hydraulic lift raised the Soyuz
rocket vertical over the flame trench, and a
mobile gantry moved into position around
the launcher for workers to complete final
launch preparations. Russian managers
will meet around five hours before launch
to give the “go” to load kerosene and liquid
oxygen propellants into the Soyuz rocket.
The gantry will withdraw to a location
near the launch pad, clearing the way for

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