# Gokturk-1 spacecraft platform
*bus . products*

Spacecraft platform for Gokturk-1, supplied within the Telespazio-led programme.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **manufacturer**: thales-alenia-space
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"high-resolution optical reconnaissance satellite platform","platform_class":"large"}
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: thales-alenia-space
- **attributes**: {"kind":"bus","product_status":"operational","deployment_context":"orbital","manufacturer":"thales-alenia-space","description":"Spacecraft platform for Gokturk-1, supplied within the Telespazio-led programme.","bus":"{\"form_factor\":\"high-resolution optical reconnaissance satellite platform\",\"platform_class\":\"large\"}"}

## Editorial
Gokturk-1 spacecraft platform is the mission-specific platform for the Gokturk-1 high-resolution Earth-observation satellite [^arianespace-vv08-kit][^wikipedia-gokturk-1]. The programme was led by Telespazio for the Turkish Ministry of National Defence, and Thales Alenia Space supplied the satellite bus with Turkish industrial participation [^arianespace-vv08-kit][^wikipedia-gokturk-1]. The launch-mass basis is about 1060 kg, placing the platform in the large class [^arianespace-vv08-kit][^wikipedia-gokturk-1]. Gokturk-1 launched on Vega flight VV08 on 2016-12-05 into sun-synchronous orbit and provides sub-metre optical imagery [^arianespace-vv08-kit][^wikipedia-gokturk-1].

## Compositional position
- gokturk-1 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> Gokturk-1 spacecraft platform

## Sources
- [arianespace-vv08-kit] | Arianespace VV08 GOKTURK-1 launch kit | https://web.archive.org/web/20161202050454/http://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/VV08-launchkit-GB.pdf | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-26
- [wikipedia-gokturk-1] | Gokturk-1 mission overview | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrk-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-26

---
Source: https://eo-atlas.org/products/bus/gokturk-1-platform
Maintainer: SpectraWorks B.V. (CC-BY 4.0)