missions

RASAT

RASAT was a Turkish Earth-observation microsatellite launched as a secondary payload on Dnepr on 2011-08-17.^[1]^[2] The mission carried an optical payload with panchromatic and multispectral imaging at 7.5 m and 15 m class resolution.^[1]^[2] The spacecraft used a dedicated RASAT bus for this national microsatellite mission.^[1] Its optical data supports land-cover change, urban-change, crop-type and deforestation analysis with medium-resolution imagery.^[2]

Full specification

All fields

current status	ended
operator	Tubitak Uzay
platform	rasat-bus
launch vehicle	dnepr
Launched	2011-08-17
orbit type	SSO about 685 km
swath km	30
tasking supported	false
current geographic priority	Turkey-focused optical land imaging and mapping
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

Where this fits, supply chain

Compositional position

this ——— rasat-optical-imager payload

this ——— RASAT spacecraft bus bus

this ——— Land cover change related-topic

this ——— Urban change related-topic

this ——— Crop-type mapping related-topic

this ——— Deforestation related-topic

Sources

[1]RASAT, TUBITAK UZAYagency doc2026-06-21Authoritative page identified but fetch timed out during this pass.
[2]RASat, Gunter's Space Pagecommunity2026-06-21
[3]RASAT satellite mission, eoPortalcommunity2026-06-21

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