FRG-100D4, the 160 kg sixth experimental satellite of Fergani Space, founded by Baykar chairman Selçuk Bayraktar, launched on 20 October from Cape Canaveral in the USA on SpaceX’s Bandwagon-5 mission. About 63 minutes later it separated from the rocket and reached its 590 km target orbit. Carrying broadband communications and improved navigation payloads as well as an AI-supported onboard computer, it is the company’s highest power-generating satellite so far. Fergani aims to build the Uluğ Bey constellation of more than 200 satellites within five years.
- Fergani Space
- satellite
- Selçuk Bayraktar
- Baykar
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