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SAR-LUPE 2
German Military SAR Reconnaissance Satellite · German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr)
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SAR-Lupe 2, part of Germany's five-satellite military reconnaissance constellation providing all-weather, day-and-night synthetic aperture radar imagery for the Bundeswehr. Unlike most European reconnaissance programs, SAR-Lupe imagery is used exclusively for German military purposes and is not shared commercially.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 236–238 mi (379–384 km)
- Inclination
- 98.1°
- One orbit
- 92.0 minutes15.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 31797
- Int’l designator
- 2007-030A
- Launched
- 2007
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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