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Gokturk-2

Gokturk-2 is Turkey's first high-resolution Earth-observation satellite, launched on 2012-12-18 on Long March 2D from Jiuquan into a roughly 686 km sun-synchronous orbit.^[1]^[2] Its passive optical payload is specified at 2.5 m panchromatic and 5 m RGB resolution. The mission supports Turkish defence and civil high-resolution EO applications, including land-cover-change, disaster-damage, and inland-water workflows ^[1]. The mission remained operational past its twelfth year in orbit.^[3]

Supply chain position

built on platform Gokturk-2 spacecraft platform

operated by Turkish Ministry Of National Defence

launched on Casc Long March 2d

related to Land cover change

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Inland water

Sources

[1]GOKTURK-2, TUBITAK UZAYagency doc2026-06-21
[2]Gokturk 2, NASA NSSDCAagency doc2026-06-21Used for launch/orbit/operator cross-check; page fetch was unstable in browser but the spacecraft identifier is stable.
[3]Gokturk-2, Wikipediacommunity2026-06-21Lower-tier cross-check for payload and launch details.

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:gokturk-2,
  title = {Gokturk-2},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/gokturk-2}
}