ANKARA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th January, 2022) The first Turkish Grizu-263A mini satellite was launched�on Thursday into the orbit from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida on SpaceX's Falcon 9 carrier, Turkish media reported.
The spacecraft was launched at 15:25 GMT, the Anadolu news agency said. Grizu-263A was designed as Turkey's first pocket satellite and named in honor of workers that were killed in a 1992 blast in a mine in the Zonguldak province.
The satellite will remain in the low Earth orbit, Anadolu said, adding that Grizu-263A's planned lifespan is 56 months.
In December, SpaceX successfully launched the Turkish fifth-generation communications satellite, called Turksat 5B, into space.
