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BILSAT-1
BILSAT-1 was Turkey's Disaster Monitoring Constellation Earth-observation microsatellite, operated by TUBITAK-ODTU-BILTEN / TUBITAK UZAY.[1][2] It launched on 2003-09-27 from Plesetsk on Kosmos-3M with other DMC and rideshare spacecraft.[1] The mission used a modified SSTL Microsat-100 / SSTL-100 class platform.[1] Its payload suite included COBAN, a low-resolution multispectral imager, and GEZGIN, a DSP-based JPEG2000 image-processing module built by BILTEN engineers.[1] BILSAT-1 demonstrated onboard JPEG2000 image processing alongside DMC-era wide-area multispectral monitoring.[1][2]
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| current status | ended |
| operator | Tubitak Uzay |
| platform | sstl-100 |
| launch vehicle | roscosmos-kosmos-3m |
| Launched | 2003-09-27 |
| actual end of life | 2006-08-01 |
| orbit type | Sun-synchronous, about 676 x 693 km, 98.20 deg |
| tasking supported | false |
| current geographic priority | DMC disaster-monitoring and Turkish civil Earth-observation applications |
| Last updated | 2026-06-21 |
| claim status | agency-sourced |
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Sources
- [1]Bilsat 1, Gunter's Space Pagecommunity2026-06-21
- [2]BILSAT-1 mission, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltdoperator engineering2026-06-21Legacy operator/manufacturer mission URL referenced by Gunter's Space Page; current site may require archive recovery.