Company
Turkish Space Agency (TUA)
Türkiye · named on public Moon flights
The Turkish Space Agency is the customer for AYAP-1 under the Lunar Research Program (AYAP), one of the National Space Program targets. Chair Yusuf Kıraç named a SpaceX agreement to loft the spacecraft to Earth orbit in the first half of 2027. Türkiye signed the Artemis Accords on 31 August 2026.
Hardware
AYAP-1 spacecraft
Hardware · Türkiye's first lunar spacecraft: ~3.5 t TstarD-100 bus with DeltaV hybrid propulsion, four science payloads, ~100 km polar orbit then planned controlled hard impact. · AYAP-1Jobs
AYAP-1 spacecraft · TstarD-100 bus
TÜBİTAK UZAY builds AYAP-1 on the TstarD-100 deep-space bus (power, telecommunications, flight management, AOCS, thermal). · AYAP-1 · tubitak.gov.trCargo
AYAP-1 lunar orbiter (TstarD-100)
Türkiye's first lunar spacecraft: ~3.5 t TstarD-100 bus with DeltaV hybrid propulsion, four science payloads, ~100 km polar orbit then planned controlled hard impact. · AYAP-1 · first half 2027Flights
Sources
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