Built with more than 80% domestic parts, the 3.5-tonne spacecraft has finished assembly and moved to TUSAŞ’s test centre to be shaken and heated like on a launch. It targets early 2027 from Kennedy, a two-month trip and a 100 km polar orbit around the Moon to study solar wind, water formation and radiation. Our take: testing is where schedules slip or hold; this is the step to watch.
3,5 tspacecraft mass
100 kmlunar polar orbit
%80+domestic parts