After a delay, the contract was realized in October 2017 when Airbus Defence and Space was selected to join the project with the requirement that 25% of the satellite be built in Turkey in order to stimulate the technological sector of the Turkish economy.

[3] The first-stage booster used on this mission was B1067, making its third flight; the first stage was successfully recovered on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Türksat 5B is a communications satellite to serve on a geostationary orbit at 42° East longitude.

Powered by two deployable solar panels and batteries at 15 kW,[1] the 50 Gbps high-throughput satellite consists of Ku-band, Ka-band and X-band transponders.

[4] The 3 military X-band transponders have global coverage and were developed by Aselsan for use by the Turkish Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB/SSM).