At the 77th International Astronautical Congress in Antalya, Türkiye and Italy decided to act jointly in space technologies. It was announced that the spacecraft for Türkiye's Moon mission is ready.
Mario Cospito, special commissioner of the Italian Space Agency, said the memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries in 2025 has turned into a structured cooperation. ASELSAN announced the launch of the ASTRALINK constellation project of 198 satellites to operate in low Earth orbit. In another statement, it was reported that ROKETSAN is working on the ŞİMŞEK-1 and ŞİMŞEK-2 launch systems.
