Turkish Space Agency

Short description: National space agency of Turkey

Turkish Space AgencyTürkiye Uzay Ajansı

Agency overview
Abbreviation| TUA
Formed| 13 December 2018; 7 years ago (2018-12-13)
Type| Space agency
Headquarters| Ankara, Turkey
Administrator| Yusuf Kıraç[1]
Owner| Ministry of Industry and Technology
Website| tua.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).

## Contents

* 1 Administrators
* 2 List of TSA astronauts
* 3 Notable missions
* 3.1 Past and present
* 3.2 Future
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Administrators

No.  | Head  | Took office  | Left office

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|
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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

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|
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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

* Türksat 6A (Communication satellite, 2024)[11]
* BILSAT-1 (Earth observation, 2003)[12]
* RASAT (Earth observation, 2011)[13]
* Gokturk 1 & 2 (Earth observation, 2011)[14][15]

### Future

* AYAP-1 (Lunar impactor, 2027)[16]
* AYAP-2 (Moon lander, Early 2030s)[17]

## See also

* List of government space agencies
* Science and technology in Turkey
* Turkish Space Systems, Integration and Test Center
* Space Launch System (Turkey)
* Space Camp Turkey
* Turkish Aerospace Industries

## 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 this News,Mbit/s image download)..
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.

* v
* t
* e

Space program of Turkey

Satellites|

| Student|

* ITUpSAT1
* TurkSat-3USat
* UBAKUSAT

|

Communication|

* Türksat
* 1A
* 1B
* 1C
* 2A
* 3A
* 4A
* 4B

Earth observation|

* BILSAT-1
* RASAT

Reconnaissance|

* Göktürk
* 1
* 2
* 3

In development|

* Türksat
* 5A
* 5B
* 6A
* Göktürk
* 3

In research|

* BKZS (Regional Positioning and Timing System)

Launch centers|

* UFS (Space Launch System)

Institutions|

* TÜBİTAK UZAY
* TUSAŞ
* USET
* Türksat
* TUA

* See also: Türksat (company) and Turksat (satellite)

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* t
* e

Public-sector space agencies

Africa|

| Pan-African
and pan-Arab|

* RASCOM
* Arabsat

|

National|

* ASAL
* EgSA
* NARSS
* ESSTI
* GSSTC
* KSA
* NASRDA
* SANSA

Americas|

| North America|

* CSA
* NASA
* NESDIS
* OSC
* FAA/AST
* FCC
* USSF
* USSPACECOM
* NRO

|

Latin America
and the Caribbean|

* ALCE
* AEM
* CONAE
* ABE
* AEB
* DCTA
* INPE
* ITA
* CCE
* ABAE
* IVIC

Asia|

| Pan-Asian|

* APSCO

|

Central Asia|

* KazCosmos1
* Roscosmos1
* SRI
* VK
* TNSA1

East Asia|

* CNSA
* SASTIND
* CASC
* CALT
* CAST
* CCF
* CGWIC
* PLAASF
* CASIC
* JAXA
* ISAS
* JSS
* NICT
* NATA
* KASA
* KARI
* KASI
* SaTReC
* TASA

South Asia|

* SPARRSO
* ISRO2
* Antrix Corp
* DoS
* NRSC
* NSIL
* DSA
* SUPARCO

Southeast Asia|

* BRIN
* ORPA
* INASA
* MYSA
* PhilSA
* SSTL
* GISTDA
* VNSC

West Asia|

* ArmCosmos1
* MAKA1
* NSSA
* NEHSA
* ISA
* ISRC
* ISA
* NCSR
* SSA
* KACST-SRI
* SSA2
* GORS
* TUA
* TÜBİTAK UZAY
* UAESA (MBRSC)

Europe|

| Pan-European|

* CEN/CENELEC
* CEPT
* ETSI
* Eurocontrol
* ECAC
* ESA
* ECSS
* ESTEC
* EAC
* ESRIN
* ECSAT
* ESAC
* ESOC
* ESTRACK
* Guiana Space Centre
* EUMETSAT
* EUTELSAT IGO
* ESO

|

EU and EEA|

* DG DEFIS
* EUSPA
* EU SatCen
* EASA
* BEREC
* ALR2
* BELSPO
* BIRA-IASB
* SRTI2
* CSO2
* DTU Space
* ESO1
* CNES2
* AAE
* CdE
* DLR2
* HSA
* HSO2
* ASI
* LSA
* LSO1
* SRON
* NSO
* NOSA
* POLSA2
* CBK PAN
* UKE
* KRRiT
* ORO
* ULC
* PTSPACE
* ROSA2
* INTA
* AEC
* EAE
* AEE
* SNSA

Other|

* ArmCosmos1
* MAKA1
* BSA1
* KazCosmos1
* Roscosmos1
* SRI
* VVKO
* SSO
* TUA
* TÜBİTAK UZAY
* SSAU1
* UKSA2

Oceania|

* ASA
* CSIRO
* NZSA

World|

* CCSDS
* CEOS
* COSPAR
* IPDA
* Cospas-Sarsat
* GEO
* GSC
* IADC
* ICSMD
* IMSO
* ISECG
* ISS MCB
* ITSO
* Intersputnik
* ODCWG
* ITU-R
* UNCOPUOS
* UNOOSA
* UNOSAT

Former|

* BNSC
* KCST
* INCOSPAR
* LAPAN
* NAL
* NASDA
* SSP
* MOM
* Interkosmos

* See also: Timeline of first orbital launches by country
* 1 Preceded by the Soviet space program
* 2 Preceded by Interkosmos participation

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