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.