ISTANBUL, July 9 The first domestically produced communications satellite launched by Turkey sent a signal from orbit, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic Abdulkadir Uraloglu reported on the social network X.
The Türksat 6A satellite was launched on Tuesday night using a Space X Falcon 9 rocket. 
«The first signal from our satellite was received as planned, in the 67th minute,” Uraloglu wrote.
Thanks to this satellite, Turkish telecom companies will be able to provide services in India, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Work on the satellite began in 2014, more than 80% of the satellite subsystems and ground stations were manufactured in Turkey.
Turkey launched the first communications satellite Türksat 1B in 1994.