Space program of Turkey

Turkey has launched several satellites, and its current objective is to send a lander to the Moon by 2026.

[4][5] The Turkish Air Force was tasked with making recommendations on a national space agency in 2001.

[9] Agency currently has agreements with Ukraine, Hungary and Kazakhstan's space programs, and claims to conduct extensive nation-wide assessments regarding membership to ESA since 2020.

[10] In 2021, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced a 10-year plan for Turkey's space program.

[11] As part of the Axiom Mission 3, Turkey's first astronaut Alper Gezeravcı was launched from the Florida of the United States on January 19, 2024.

A model of the Göktürk-3 satellite.