{"id":21194,"date":"2016-12-09T17:17:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T17:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2016\/12\/09\/turkey-launches-new-military-satellite\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:56:05","slug":"turkey-launches-new-military-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2016\/12\/09\/turkey-launches-new-military-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Launches New Military Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 Turkey has launched a new military satellite that is &#8220;20 percent Turkish&#8221; and will help the country in its anti-terror efforts.  <u5:p class=\"\"><\/u5:p><\/span><br\/><br\/> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">P<\/span>resident Recep Tayyip Erdogan, along with several other top Turkish officials, witnessed the launch of the satellite, Gokturk-1, during a ceremony at the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in the capital Ankara on Monday.<br\/><br\/> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">The Gokturk-1 is a high-resolution, optical Earth-observation satellite for civilian and military applications. 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