China’s Lunar and Deep Space Exploration Program Initiatives Garner International Attention: ILRS Partnership as a Promising Opportunity for Turkish Space Agency
Turkish Space Agency, Ankara, Türkiye
Online:2023-10-05
Published:2023-10-23
About author:Ahmet Hamdi Takan worked as an industry and technology expert at Ministry of Industry and Technology, Türkiye for more than 10 years. He is a mechanical engineer. After his Master’s degree on Aerospace Science and Technology at Beihang University in China, he joined the recently established Turkish Space Agency in 2021 as a space technologies expert and he has been working as the Manager of Access to Space and Policy-Making Division since then. He has been pursuing a second Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering at Middle East Technical University in Türkiye.
His area of work is specialized in space technology applications, ncompassing spacecraft systems, small satellites, space exploration missions, launch vehicles, and spaceport operations.
His academic research interests revolve around spacecraft attitude dynamics and control, dynamic analysis of aerospace structures, and mission planning involving trajectory design for deep space exploration.
In 2022, he started Ph.D. Program on School of Aerospace Engineering at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) in China. He is the nominated team leader for engineering field and the team member of scientific field for joint study on ILRS project for Türkiye. Mr. Takan also serves as a member of Project Management Team and Referee Board for Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) Cubesat Competition (ACC) Project which will be conducted to enhance space science awareness and participation in practical space endeavors.
Ahmet Hamdi Takan. China’s Lunar and Deep Space Exploration Program Initiatives Garner International Attention: ILRS Partnership as a Promising Opportunity for Turkish Space Agency[J]. AEROSPACE CHINA, 2023, 24(1): 32-37.