considered as a critical infrastructure, the centre was established within the framework of the göktürk-1 project, which started in 2009, for the indigenous realization of satellite assembly, as well as for qualification and acceptance testing from design to launch phase. it was the product of an agreement between the turkish ministry of national defence and the multinational space services company telespazio in 2010. situated within tai's grounds in the kazan district of ankara province, the budgeted cost of the facility is us$100 million.