Turkey will launch its radar observation satellite “Gokturk-3″ to space in 2019. Speaking to the Anadolu Agency (AA), a senior official with the Turkish National Defense Ministry, Mujdat Uludag said that they were making preparations to send “Gokturk-3″ to space in 2019. “We began working on a ‘Satellite Launch Center’ so that we can send our satellites to space with our own means. We will begin working on the launch center within 2013,” Uludag also said.