Turkish national reconnaissance satellite Gokturk-2, operated by Turkish Air Force, made its third collision avoidance maneuver on 27 April 2016.
Gokturk-2 made a propulsion boost in order to avoid from the collision with the space debris FENGYUN-1C DEB at 08:50 AM on 27 April 2016.
FENGYUN-1C DEB is space debris, a part of the meteorology satellite which was launched in 1999 by the People Republic of China. It was shot by a missile in 2007 in accordance with satellite extermination test program. And from that day onwards it has been revolving around our planet as space debris.
Collision avoidance maneuver was made by Turkish Air Force personnel in Ahlatlıbel/ANKARA at Gokturk-2 satellite ground station in coordination with the TUBITAK-Uzay (Space Technologies Research Institute). After the maneuver, Gokturk-2 satellite has been approached 200 meters to earth, eliminating the possibility of collision and continue to its routine operations since then.