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Turkish Space Agency

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Short description: National space agency of Turkey
Turkish Space Agency
Türkiye Uzay Ajansı
Agency overview
AbbreviationTUA
Formed13 December 2018; 7 years ago (2018-12-13)
TypeSpace agency
HeadquartersAnkara, Turkey
AdministratorYusuf Kıraç[1]
OwnerMinistry of Industry and Technology
Websitetua.gov.tr/en

The Turkish Space Agency (Turkish: Türkiye Uzay Ajansı, TUA) is a government agency for national aerospace research as a part of the space program of Turkey. It was formally established by a presidential decree on 13 December 2018.[2][3]

Headquartered in Ankara,[4] the agency is subordinated to the Ministry of Industry and Technology. With the establishment of TUA, the Department for Aviation and Space Technologies at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure was abolished. TUA prepares strategic plans that include medium and long-term goals, basic principles and approaches, objectives and priorities, performance measures, methods to be followed and resource allocation for aerospace science and technologies.[5]

TUA works in close collaboration with the TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY). It is administrated by an executive board of seven members. The tenure of board members, the chairperson excluded, is three years.[6][5]

Internationally, TUA currently has agreements with Ukraine, Hungary and Kazakhstan's space programs, and conducts extensive nation-wide assessments regarding membership to ESA since 2020 as part of Turkey's cooperation agreement with the agency in 2004.[7][8] It is a member of the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO).

Administrators

No. Head Took office Left office
1 Serdar Hüseyin Yıldırım[9] 6 August 2019 7 October 2023
2 Yusuf Kıraç[10] 7 October 2023 Incumbent

List of TSA astronauts

Name
 Selection
 Time in space
 Missions
Alper Gezeravcı 2023 21 days, 15 hours and 41 minutes Axiom Mission 3
Tuva Cihangir Atasever 2023 15 Minutes Galactic 07

Notable missions

Past and present

Future

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SON DAKİKA HABERİ: Atama kararları Resmi Gazete'de" (in Turkish). ntv.com. https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/son-dakika-haberi-atama-kararlari-resmi-gazetede,k6NMnq_MhU6GVGQ1WAJg. Retrieved 8 October 2023. 
  2. ↑ "Turkey launches national space program". Hürriyet Daily News. 13 December 2018. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-launches-national-space-program-139681. Retrieved 16 January 2019. 
  3. ↑ "Turkey formally establishes its national Space Agency". Daily Sabah. 13 December 2018. https://www.dailysabah.com/defense/2018/12/13/turkey-formally-establishes-its-national-space-agency. Retrieved 16 January 2019. 
  4. ↑ "Türkiye Uzay Ajansı'nın merkezi Ankara'da olacak" (in tr). Haber 7. 19 January 2019. http://www.haber7.com/uzay/haber/2810161-turkiye-uzay-ajansinin-merkezi-ankarada-olacak/?detay=2. Retrieved 9 February 2019. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Türkiye Uzay Ajansı resmen kuruldu! Peki Türkiye Uzay Ajansı nedir, nasıl çalışacak?" (in tr). Habertürk. 13 December 2018. https://www.haberturk.com/turkiye-uzay-ajansi-resmen-kuruldu-peki-turkiye-uzay-ajansi-nedir-nasil-calisacak-2258926-teknoloji#. Retrieved 19 January 2019. 
  6. ↑ "Türkiye Uzay Ajansı Hakkında Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kararnamesi" (in tr). T.C. Resmi Gazete. 12 December 2018. http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2018/12/20181213-1.pdf. Retrieved 16 January 2019. 
  7. ↑ "International Cooperations - Turkish Space Agency" (in tr). https://tua.gov.tr/en/international-activities/international-cooperations. 
  8. ↑ "ESA signs Cooperation Agreement with Turkey" (in en). https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Business_with_ESA/ESA_signs_Cooperation_Agreement_with_Turkey. 
  9. ↑ "Uzay Ajansı'nın İlk Başkanı Serdar Hüseyin Yıldırım" (in Turkish). Haberturk.com. https://www.haberturk.com/atama-kararlari-resmi-gazete-de-2511261. Retrieved 8 March 2021. 
  10. ↑ "SON DAKİKA HABERİ: Atama kararları Resmi Gazete'de" (in Turkish). ntv.com. https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/son-dakika-haberi-atama-kararlari-resmi-gazetede,k6NMnq_MhU6GVGQ1WAJg. Retrieved 8 October 2023. 
  11. ↑ "Turkey commissions first homegrown communications satellite" (in en-US). 22 April 2025. https://turkishminute.com/2025/04/22/turkey-commissions-first-homegrown-communications-satellite/. 
  12. ↑ Yüksel, Gökhan; Belce, Önder; Urhan, Hakan; Gomes, Luis; Bradford, Andy; Bean, Neville; Curiel, Alex da Silva (11 August 2004). "BILSAT-1: First Year in Orbit- Operations and Lessons Learned". Small Satellite Conference. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2004/All2004/52. 
  13. ↑ "RASAT Satellite Successfully Completed Its 8th Year in Orbit - TÜBİTAK UZAY" (in en-US). Tübitak Uzay. 26 August 2019. https://uzay.tubitak.gov.tr/en/rasat-satellite-successfully-completes-8-years-in-orbit/#:~:text=Share%20this%20News,Mbit/s%20image%20download).. 
  14. ↑ "Turkey's first high-resolution national reconnaissance satellite GÖKTÜRK-2 successfully completed Its 12th year in orbit" (in en-US). 27 December 2024. https://spacewatchafrica.com/turkeys-first-high-resolution-national-reconnaissance-satellite-gokturk-2-successfully-completed-its-12th-year-in-orbit/. 
  15. ↑ "GÖKTÜRK-1 - Turkish Space Agency". https://tua.gov.tr/en/project/gokturk-1-1. 
  16. ↑ "IRF instrument for Turkish lunar mission nears delivery after successful test" (in en). 2 December 2025. https://www.irf.se/en/aktuellt/2025/12-02-irf-instrument-for-turkisk-manmission-narmar-sig-leverans-efter-lyckat-test/. 
  17. ↑ "Turkiye to send two spacecraft to the Moon" (in en). 9 February 2025. https://en.axar.az/news/world/944014.html. 



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