The spacecraft was launched on 8 January 2021 at 02:15:00 UTC from Cape Canaveral, SLC-40.[2] Türksat 5A will be placed in a geosynchronous orbit at 31° East to provide telecommunication and direct TV broadcasting services over a broad geographic region between west of China and east of England stretching over Turkey, as well as Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa.[7]