Turkish Space Agency

Turkish Space Agency (TUA, Turkiye Uzay Ajansi) is Turkey's national space agency, established by presidential decree on 13 December 2018 and headquartered in Ankara under the Ministry of Industry and Technology ^[1]. Its role is tied to national space programme coordination, while Turkey's Earth-observation mission lineage includes BILSAT-1, RASAT, Gokturk-2, Gokturk-1, and IMECE/Gokturk-2B ^{[2][3][4][5][6]}.

BILSAT-1 launched in 2003, RASAT launched in 2011 and completed an 11-year mission in 2022, and Gokturk-2 launched in 2012 with 2.5 m panchromatic imaging ^[2][3][4]. Gokturk-1 launched in 2016 as a dual-use military and civilian Earth-observation mission with 0.5 m panchromatic capability ^[5]. IMECE launched in 2023, was renamed Gokturk-2B when transferred to Air Forces Command in 2024, and carries 0.99 m panchromatic and 3.96 m multispectral imaging ^[6].