SAR LUPE 1

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SAR LUPE 1 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 29658

Int'l Code: 2006-060A

Perigee: 487.7 km

Apogee: 489.8 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 94.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 6859 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 19, 2006
Source: Germany (GER)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Called SAR-Lupe 1, the 1,587-pound craft is Germany's first reconnaissance satellite. It is fitted with a large radar dish antenna that can pierce darkness and thick clouds to resolve targets. The radar data can be analyzed and turned into images.

1 29658U 06060A   22131.89264860 0.00001500  00000-0  54905-4 0    00
2 29658  98.1238  12.4566 0001546 305.1438  54.8560 15.28070519    03

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants