# RASAT
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: tubitak-uzay
- **platform**: rasat-bus
- **launch vehicle**: dnepr
- **actual launch**: 2011-08-17
- **current status**: ended
- **orbit type**: SSO about 685 km
- **swath km**: 30
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: Turkey-focused optical land imaging and mapping
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: tubitak-uzay
- **attributes**: {"operator":"tubitak-uzay","platform":"rasat-bus","launch_vehicle":"dnepr","actual_launch":"2011-08-17","current_status":"ended","orbit_type":"SSO about 685 km","swath_km":30,"tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Turkey-focused optical land imaging and mapping"}

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

## Compositional position
- RASAT --[mission_payloads]--> rasat-optical-imager (products)
- RASAT --[mission_buses]--> rasat-bus (products)
- RASAT --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- RASAT --[related-topic]--> urban-change (topics)
- RASAT --[related-topic]--> crop-type (topics)
- RASAT --[related-topic]--> deforestation (topics)

## Sources
- [tubitak-rasat] | RASAT, TUBITAK UZAY | https://uzay.tubitak.gov.tr/en/uydu-uzay/rasat | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
  Authoritative page identified but fetch timed out during this pass.
- [gunter-rasat] | RASat, Gunter's Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/rasat.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [eoportal-rasat] | RASAT satellite mission, eoPortal | https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/rasat | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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