FLORIDA, USA - JULY 08: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Turkiye’s first indigenous communications satellite Turksat 6A stands on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launched into orbit on Monday at 5.00 p.m. EDT from SpaceX’s Kennedy facility in Florida, United States on July 08, 2024. The project for Turkiye’s first indigenous communications satellite Turksat 6A has been some 10 years in the making. The indigenous Turksat 6A project was officially launched on Dec. 15, 2014, beginning with the opening of the Space Systems Assembly Integration and Test Center established at Turkish Aerospace Industries facilities, in cooperation with Turksat and Turkiye’s Defense Industries Agency. Paul Hennesy / Anadolu/ABACAPRESS.COM