Russia, Turkey negotiate to launch Turkish satellites into orbit

Russia’s Roscosmos state space agency talks with the Russian government on driving Turkish satellites into space using Russian launch vehicles, Report mentions, referring to Sputnik.

Dmitry Loskutov, head of Glavcosmos, which is engaged in space activities, said that the talks aim at signing a cooperation agreement on the launch of commercial satellites.

In 2014-2015, Turkey’s Turksat 4A communications satellite was launched by Russian Proton-M missiles.

Earlier, the chairman of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA), Serdar Hüseyin Yıldırım, announced his intention to sign a space cooperation agreement with Russia in the near future.