Turksat 1C

Turkey

Spacecraft n°:

Turkey spacecraft n°: 3

Launch data:

Designation 23949 / 96040B
Launch date 09 Jul 1996 - 22:24:55 UT
Launch site Ko, ELA2
Launch vehicle  Ariane 44L (V89)
MissionTelecommunications
Geostationary orbit:

Is rumored to be quite unstable. On 28 Apr 2000 the satellite had an outage starting at 19:35 UT. It went in safe mode after an electrostatic discharge. Service was restored around 20:30 UT.

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor  
Operator 
Platform  
Mass at launch  1743 kg
Dry Mass  kg
Basic shape  
Dimension (m) 
Solar array  
Stabilization  
DC power  
Design lifetime  

Location:

BeginEndPosition
L: 9 Jul 1996 tests 31.3°E
late Sep 1996   42°E
 24 Jul 2008  drifting to the West

Ku-band

Main transponders 16
Backup transponders 8 
Power 55 W (TWTA)
Bandwidth 9 transponders of 36 MHz
2 transponders of 54 MHz
5 transponders of 72 MHz
Coverage and
EIRP ma 		West: Central Europe & Turkey: 53 dBW
East: Central Asia & Turkey: 53 dBW
G/T max 11 dB/K
Polarization linear H/V

The satellite beams were modified to have wider coverage (but only 2 beams)

Transponder frequency chart (GHz)

Horizontal
Uplink 		Horizontal
Downlink 		Transponder Vertical
Downlink 		Vertical Uplink Bandwidth (MHz) Coverage (downlink)
  10.970 12 (but not 4)   14.270 36 East
14.270   4 (but not 12) 10.970   36 West
14.312   5  11.012   36 West
  11.030 13   14.330 36 East
14.354   6  11.054   36 West
  11.080 14   14.380 36 East
14.396   7  11.096   36 West
  11.130 15   14.430 36 East
14.462   8  11.162   72 West
  11.180 16   14.480 36 East
             
  11.486 9    14.036 72 East
14.040   1  11.490   72 West
  11.574 10   14.124 72 East
14.140   2  11.590   72 West
  11.669 11 (but not 3)   14.219 54 East
14.219   3 (but not 11) 11.669   54 West

Ref: #7, #15, #225(0807) - update: 19.10.08