TurkmenSat 1
| Mission type | Communications |
|---|---|
| Operator | Turkmenistan National Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 2015-023A |
| SATCAT no. | 40617 |
| Mission duration | 15 years |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | Spacebus-4000C2 |
| Manufacturer | Thales Alenia Space |
| Launch mass | 4,707 kilograms (10,377 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 April 2015, 23:03 UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 v1.1 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Longitude | 52° East |
| Eccentricity | 0.0001353 |
| Perigee | 35,775 kilometres (22,230 mi) |
| Apogee | 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) |
| Inclination | 0.03 degrees |
| Period | 1435.81 minutes |
| Epoch | 7 May 2015, 02:24:00 UTC |
TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT (formerly referred to as TurkmenSat 1) is Turkmenistan's first satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space. Launched from Cape Canaveral on 27 April 2015 aboard a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket, the satellite operates at 52°E in the geostationary orbit and has an anticipated service life of 15 years.
The 52°E position is controlled by the Principality of Monaco and the satellite includes 12 transponders that are referred to and commercialised as MonacoSAT as well as the 26 transponders referred to as TürkmenÄlem. The satellite is operated by the Turkmenistan National Space Agency.
In 2009, Space Systems International - Monaco (SSI-Monaco) signed a license agreement with the Monaco government for the development and use of the 52°E orbital position for the MonacoSAT project. In November 2011, the Turkmenistan Ministry of Communications signed agreements with Thales Alenia Space to build the first TurkmenSpace satellite of the Turkmenistan NSSC (National System of Satellite Communications) programme, and with SSI-Monaco to use the 52°E position, including the right for SSI-Monaco to use 12 Ku-band transponders on the satellite as MonacoSAT. In July 2013, global satellite operator SES and SSI-Monaco signed an agreement for SES to commercialise the 12 MonacoSAT transponders and integrate MonacoSAT into the SES fleet.
The satellite was originally intended to be launched on a Chinese Long March 3B rocket but International Traffic in Arms Regulations prevented some US made parts being exported to China for the launch, and so in June 2013 it was switched to a SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 launcher, and planned for late 2014/early 2015.
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