1968
The Satellite Telecommunications Group Chief Engineering Office was established within the PTT General Directorate.
1968
Türkiye became a member of the Intelsat (International Telecommunications Satellite Organization). In the same year, the first telephone channels via satellite were established jointly using ground stations in Yugoslavia and Iran.
23 April 1979
Our first satellite ground station, AKA-1 (Ankara-1), was commissioned with 11 telephone channels established with the United Kingdom. With the launch of AKA-1, communication was provided with 13 countries via Intelsat’s Atlantic region satellites.
10 April 1985
A fiber optic cable system increasing communication channel capacity was installed underground between Ankara (Ulus) and the Gölbaşı Satellite Ground Center for the first time, operating at 1310 nm wavelength with a capacity of 140 Mb/s.
November 1985
The AKA-2 ground station, operating under the Eutelsat system, was commissioned.
4 March 1987
The first satellite-based video conference in Europe was conducted in Türkiye.
21 December 1990
A contract for the “Türksat National Communication Satellites” was signed with the French company Aerospatiale.
11 August 1994
Türkiye’s Türksat 1B communication satellite was launched into space and successfully positioned at 42° East orbit.
10 October 1994
Türksat 1B entered service following orbital testing.
10 July 1996
Türkiye’s second satellite, Türksat 1C, was launched and positioned at 31.3° East orbit.
7 November 1996
The establishment agreement of Eurasiasat — founded as a partnership between Aerospatiale (manufacturer of Türksat satellites) and Türk Telekom — was signed.
15 November 1996
The company began operations under the name Eurasiasat S.A.M., responsible for the production of the Türksat 2A (Eurasiasat 1) satellite and the marketing of satellite services.
11 January 2001
Türksat 2A (Eurasiasat 1) satellite manufactured by Eurasiasat company established in partnership with Türk Telekom and Alcatel company launched by Ariane 4 rocket from Kourou Base in South America.
22 July 2004
To carry out satellite communication services under a new corporate structure, Türksat A.Ş. was established under Law No. 5189.
13 June 2008
The Türksat 3A communication satellite was launched from French Guiana at 01:05 via an Ariane 5 rocket and positioned at 42° East orbit.
26 April 2013
Türkiye’s first domestically designed and manufactured low Earth orbit communication satellite, Türksat-3USAT, was launched into space from
14 February 2014
Türksat 4A was launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, aboard a Proton rocket.
16 October 2015
The Türksat 4B communication satellite was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Proton Breeze M rocket and positioned at 50° East orbit.
January 8, 2021
Türksat 4B haberleşme uydusu, Kazakistan'daki Baykonur Uzay Üssünden Proton Breeze M roketiyle fırlatılarak 50° Doğu yörüngesine yerleştirildi.
December 19, 2021
The Türksat 5A communication satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the United States aboard a Falcon 9 rocket and positioned at 31° East orbit.
July 9, 2024
Türkiye’s first domestically developed national communication satellite, Türksat 6A, was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the United States aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.