SAR-Lupe
IOC: December 2006
Total Production: 5
Origin
Germany
Contractor/s
EADS
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Description:
The SAR-Lupe is a high resolution space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) network developed by EADS for the German Ministry of Defense. The SAR radars are being supplied by Ericsson featuring a 3 meters long antenna with a folding probe which provides radar imagery with one 1 meter resolution in all weather conditions.
The SAR-Lupe constellation will consists of 5 satellites with the first of them to be put into orbit in 2005 by a Russian rocket. The satellites will move around the world in three different orbits with an estimated altitude of 500 km.
Specifications
Performance: Orbit 500 km (270 nm)
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Operators
 Germany / 5
Spacecraft
SAR-Lupe 1
Launch Vehicle:
Cosmos-3M
Launch Site:
Plesetsk
Launch Date:
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
SAR-Lupe 2
Launch Vehicle:
Cosmos-3M
Launch Site:
Plesetsk
Launch Date:
Monday, July 02, 2007
SAR-Lupe 3
Launch Vehicle:
Cosmos-3M
Launch Site:
Plesetsk
Launch Date:
Thursday, November 01, 2007
SAR-Lupe 4
Launch Vehicle:
Cosmos-3M
Launch Site:
Plesetsk
Launch Date:
Thursday, March 27, 2008
SAR-Lupe 5
Launch Vehicle:
Cosmos-3M
Launch Site:
Plesetsk
Launch Date:
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
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Liter (l) Galon (gl)
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Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)
Last Updated: Saturday, December 20, 2008
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