{"id":369456,"date":"2026-04-01T13:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/369456\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:44:29","slug":"turkiye-advances-space-independence-with-new-satellite-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/369456\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrkiye advances space independence with new satellite launches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">LUNA-2 follows earlier LUNA-1 launch<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">In a parallel development, Turkish defence giant Aselsan said it had successfully launched its second nanosatellite, LUNA-2, from California aboard a SpaceX rocket as part of its space-based Internet of Things (IoT) programme. <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">The satellite is designed to provide secure and uninterrupted sensor data transmission in remote areas using a dedicated LoRa communication system which enables wide-area coverage with low energy consumption. <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Aselsan said all design, development, production, integration and testing processes for LUNA-2 were carried out in-house. <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The flight software, ground control software, LoRa transceiver card used as the payload and data transfer unit were also developed by Aselsan engineers using domestic capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The company said the launch of LUNA-2 is expected to further strengthen its capabilities in the field of space-based IoT and contribute to T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s goal of building an independent, competitive and sustainable space technology ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Aselsan\u2019s first satellite in the series, LUNA-1, was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/86da51622287\">launched into orbit<\/a> in December last year aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.<\/p>\n<p><a data-link-preview=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/5977ec036191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"relative flex w-full px-4 py-3 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded bg-[#F1F1F1] border-l-0 transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out box-border mb-4 hover:bg-[#F9F9F9] hover:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] focus:bg-[#F9F9F9] focus:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] before:content-[&quot;&quot;] before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-0 before:bottom-0 before:w-[3px] before:rounded-l-md before:bg-[#01ABD9]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flex justify-center items-center rounded-md !w-20 !h-20 aspect-square flex-shrink-0 sm:rounded md:rounded-md lg:!w-[84px] lg:!h-[84px] lg:rounded xl:rounded-md\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/094b7e9cb7957a79899e225e7582793c02b6780f177d7d0aff57b10a1b246218.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUNA-2 follows earlier LUNA-1 launch In a parallel development, Turkish defence giant Aselsan said it had successfully launched&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[85,46,141,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-369456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}