Turkiye’s first mini satellite successfully emitted its first signals, its developer said late Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports.
"The first signals were successfully received from our satellite Grizu-263A. Our satellite is alive!!!” Grizu-263 Space Team said on Twitter.
"Pride. We designed, manufactured, tested and launched into space. Now our satellite, Grizu-263A, is on its duty safe and sound," space team captain Cagla Aytac Dursun said in a tweet.
Grizu-263A was launched into space Thursday on US aerospace company SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida.