Türkiye plans to launch its lunar spacecraft in the first months of 2027, with the mission powered by a domestically developed hybrid propulsion system, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacir said Thursday.
Türkiye had finalized the launch schedule for the lunar mission and completed all testing of the spacecraft's homegrown hybrid propulsion system, Kacir was quoted by Anadolu Agency as saying. He described the mission as a major step toward acquiring technological capabilities possessed by only a limited number of countries.
Kacir also said Türkiye was working to establish independent and cost-effective access to space through the construction of an equatorial spaceport in Somalia. The facility is intended to support launches of Türkiye's domestically developed satellites and spacecraft, he said.