Launch of the Turkish satellite of remote sensing of the Earth ̇Mece, the development of Tübi̇tak Uzay specialists, was postponed on Friday due to adverse weather conditions 27 seconds before the planned launch.
launch was planned from the American cosmodrome Vandenberg at 09.48 in Turkish time.
SpaceX, which is responsible for launching the Falcon 9 rocket, which will bring the ̇mece satellite into the orbit, said that due to adverse weather conditions, launch was postponed until Saturday.
The SpaceX page on Twitter says that the launch will be made on April 15 at 09:47 by Turkish time.
The service life of 680 kg of satellite is 5 years, which will allow you to receive a high -quality image (resolution up to one meter) from anywhere in the planet.
The spectrum of the capabilities of the first satellite of the probe of Turkish development is wide: from identifying the goals and eliminating the consequences of natural disasters, to a contribution to the development of the agricultural sector.
Along with the ̇mece, the SPACEX launch vehicle will bring into orbit three more Turkish satellites: Kiliçsat, Plan-S and Connecta T2.1
The six -year -old ̇mece project forms a technological base for the development of new Turkish satellites, which in the future are also planned to be supplied for export.