SAR LUPE 1

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SAR LUPE 1 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 29658

Int'l Code: 2006-060A

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   26035.74231395 0.00009000  00000-0  32939-3 0    03
2 29658  98.1229  55.9127 0002418 310.4652  49.5346 15.28073507    07

Source of the keplerian elements: MCCANTS