Turkish Armed Forces would soon be able to gather intelligence through surveillance by Gokturk, a Reconnaissance and Surveillance Satellite System, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Sunday.
The Gokturk project, which was expected to cost around 200 million U.S. dollars, would be concluded in three months, said the report.
The project would provide high resolution imagery for military intelligence from any place in the world without any geographical restriction, it added.
Gokturk, which would be capable of detecting the movements of objects smaller than one square meter, would help to prevent the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) rebels from infiltrating into Turkish borders, said Murad Bayar, Undersecretary of Defense Industries.
Meanwhile, Gokturk could also be used for monitoring civilian activities, such as control of forest land, determination of damage after natural disasters within a short time, and geographical map data production.
According to the report, the project consists of the construction of an Electrolytic satellite system, a fixed land based station and a mobile land station.
Source: Xinhua
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