Status
Success
SAR-Lupe 1
Launch Time
Tue Dec 19, 2006 14:00 UTC
Tue Dec 19, 2006 14:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
SAR-Lupe 1
The SAR-Lupe radar reconnaissance spacecraft - the first german military satellites - feature a synthetic apperure radar (SAR), which has a spatial resolution of less than 1 meter. Due to the intelligent combination of existing technologies, SAR-Lupe operates independently of weather conditions on a 7/24 basis. It delivers up-to-date and highly detailed images from virtually all regions of the world. Data os transmitted by a X-band transmitter and encrypted S-band ise used for telemetry and command transmissions both direct to ground stations or via SAR-Lupe intersatellite links.
The system consists of a constellation of five identical satellites in three orbital planes, which was built at a cost of +250 million Euro.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 770.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
2006
63rd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
471st mission
1st mission of 2006
442nd successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission