SpaceTurk, founded in 1998 as the Turkish Space Research Group, is a non-profit and volunteer group dedicated to working on space research. The group's activities so far are:
* Execution of the Middle East and Turkey representative of the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC).
* Establishment of Space Association of Turkic States (SATS
).
*
Yuri's Night organizations in several cities including Ankara and Istanbul.
*
World Space Week organizations in several cities with a high participation rate in primary schools.
* Detection of environmental pollution due to the oil spills from the tankers with satellite views.
* Detection of the
deforestation
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in
Burundi
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with
remote sensing
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.
* System design for a civilian, peace, and science-aimed launcher (ATA1 project).
See also
*
List of astronomical societies
A list of notable groups devoted to promoting astronomy research and education.
International
* Astronomers for Planet Earth (A4E)
* Astronomers Without Borders (AWB)
*International Astronomical Union (IAU)
*International Meteor Organization
* Ne ...
References
External links
SpaceTurk official website* UNSGAC 2002-2003 Annual Repor
*
World Space Week 2001 Annual Repor
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Space organizations
Astronomy organizations
1998 establishments in Turkey
Scientific organizations established in 1998