High in the Sky: Turkish-Argentine South-South Space Cooperation
Abstract: In September 2019, the partly state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Argentine provincial state-owned INVAP officially agreed to co-develop a geostationary satellite. Despite both being developing countries, they have extensive satellite space programs with different stimuli...
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Taylor & Francis
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/13908 |
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In September 2019, the partly state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Argentine provincial
state-owned INVAP officially agreed to co-develop a geostationary satellite. Despite both being developing
countries, they have extensive satellite space programs with different stimuli. In the last two decades,
Ankara has pushed for the development of a strategic industry in line with its military needs, while
Argentina developed the satellite sector as part of broader initiatives to boost innovation and profits. This
article examines the intersection of Argentina and Turkey’s space programs by focusing on the goals, scope
and dimensions of the geostationary joint project. The central argument is that despite their dissimilar
motivations and policy paradigms, bilateral space cooperation in the Global South could be an alternative
route to technological growth bypassing the dependence on traditional geopolitical partners and
technological providers. |
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