FGN-TUG-S01, Türkiye’s first indigenously developed orbital transfer vehicle, has begun its mission in space. The vehicle is poised to make history as it prepares to ignite the world’s first hybrid engine in orbit.

The indigenous OTV brings together two significant and unprecedented developments. FGN-TUG-S01, Türkiye’s first-ever orbital transfer vehicle, is powered by the world’s first-ever hybrid rocket engine. Upon successfully entering mission orbit, it will ignite its hybrid engine for the first time as planned. This maneuver will be the first-ever orbital ignition of the hybrid rocket engine in both Turkish and global space history. The indigenous OTV will, thanks to its safe and low-cost hybrid propulsion system, make it possible for satellites to be transported to different orbits, prolonging their mission life.