Turkish TurkSat-4A satellite delivered to Baikonur
21:05, 16 January 2014
BAIKONYR. January 16. KAZINFORM Turkish TurkSat-4A telecommunications satellite (KA) was delivered today to Baikonur space centre, the Roscosmos pres service said.
Proton-M, equipped with Briz-M booster and carrying TurkSat-4A satellite is scheduled to blast off this February 15. Turkish TurkSat-4A telecommunications satellite was built by Japan's Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) company and is intended to provide direct TV and broadband Internet services to consumers in Turkey, Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and Africa.