Within the framework of the project, a facility for assembly, integration and testing of spacecraft (UMET) up to 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) mass will be established in Turkey, which is considered as a critical infrastructure.

[5] Turkey, after having received such information, demanded from the contractor Thales Group that it has to prove the satellite can take imagery from any location desired.

The French producer initially rejected this demand, but later decided to accept it, after the Turkish government responded by stopping the payments.

Thales Group, on the other hand, originally proposed to commission a launch company without too much experience in order to cut the costs.

[1] Four years earlier, Göktürk-2, another Earth observation satellite of the Göktürk series (however with lower resolution compared to Göktürk-1) was successfully placed in orbit on December 18, 2012.