# Gokturk-2 spacecraft platform
*bus . products*

Mission-specific spacecraft platform for the 397 kg Gokturk-2 high-resolution Earth-observation satellite developed in Turkey.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **manufacturer**: tubitak-uzay
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"mission-specific small Earth-observation satellite platform","platform_class":"mini"}
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: tubitak-uzay
- **attributes**: {"kind":"bus","product_status":"operational","deployment_context":"orbital","manufacturer":"tubitak-uzay","description":"Mission-specific spacecraft platform for the 397 kg Gokturk-2 high-resolution Earth-observation satellite developed in Turkey.","bus":"{\"form_factor\":\"mission-specific small Earth-observation satellite platform\",\"platform_class\":\"mini\"}"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
Gokturk-2 spacecraft platform is the mission-specific small Earth-observation satellite platform for Gokturk-2 [^tubitak-gokturk-2]. TUBITAK UZAY designed and developed the satellite with Turkish industrial participation, and Gokturk-2 was Turkey's first high-resolution Earth-observation satellite [^tubitak-gokturk-2]. The official mass is 397 kg, placing the platform in the mini class [^tubitak-gokturk-2]. The mission context includes 686 km altitude and launch on 2012-12-18 [^tubitak-gokturk-2]. Mission-resolution values attached to the platform context include 2.5 m panchromatic, 5 m RGB, and a separate 10 m multispectral value [^tubitak-gokturk-2][^wikipedia-gokturk-2].

## Compositional position
- gokturk-2 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> Gokturk-2 spacecraft platform

## Sources
- [tubitak-gokturk-2] | GOKTURK-2, TUBITAK UZAY | https://uzay.tubitak.gov.tr/en/gokturk-2/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-26
- [wikipedia-gokturk-2] | Gokturk-2 mission overview | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrk-2 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-26

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