TUSAS and Roketsan sign contract to build Turkiye's Hursat-2 satellite
TUSAS · Roketsan
TUSAS and Roketsan signed a contract at IAC 2026 for Hursat-2, Turkiye's first series-producible EO satellite family.
what happened
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) and Roketsan signed a project contract for Hursat-2 at the 77th International Astronautical Congress in Antalya on October 5, per Anadolu Agency (AA). Hursat is designed as a modular, sub-meter-resolution Earth observation satellite family weighing 200 to 650 kilograms in sun-synchronous orbit; Hursat-1 is in pre-launch preparation at TUSAS facilities and targeted for mid-2027, while the lighter Hursat-2 is planned to fly on Roketsan's domestic Simsek rocket in the 2028-2029 timeframe, per AA and TRT World.
why it matters
The contract links Turkiye's satellite manufacturing to its own in-development launch vehicle, a pairing few countries have achieved. For regional EO resellers and launch-services competitors, it signals Turkiye intends to reduce reliance on foreign rockets for its growing satellite programs, a day after Aselsan revealed its Gokbagi constellation at the same conference.
for who
Regional EO resellers and launch-services competitors
signal-to-noise
quick facts
- Companies
- TUSAS, Roketsan
- Category
- contract
- Impact
- notable
- SNR
- 4 / 5
- Event date
- 2026-10-06
- Published
- 2026-10-06 13:54 UTC