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BRO-8
German Technology Demonstrator · OHB System (Germany)
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BRO-8, continuing Germany's BRO satellite technology demonstration series, testing hyperspectral and compact sensor systems for future commercial and defense applications. OHB's BRO satellites have quietly built up years of operational hyperspectral imaging experience that feeds directly into the company's larger German and European defense and commercial contracts.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 249–255 mi (401–410 km)
- Inclination
- 97.3°
- One orbit
- 92.5 minutes15.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 55011
- Int’l designator
- 2023-001C
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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