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PEM provided consultancy to the program until after the contract signature in 2009.

The global contract, signed by Telespazio as the prime contractor and the Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense comprises an Earth observation satellite equipped with a high-resolution optical sensor, a satellite integration and test center to be built in Turkey, and the complete ground segment, in charge of mission control, in-orbit operation, data acquisition and processing. Local industrial partners include TAI, Aselsan, Tübitak UEKAE, Roketsan and TR Teknoloji.

The Göktürk-1  observation satellite for the Turkish Ministry of Defense has been shipped in 2015 to Ankara AIT center from Thales Alenia Space facility in France to start environmental tests.