SAR LUPE 1

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SAR LUPE 1 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 29658

Int'l Code: 2006-060A

Perigee: 484.4 km

Apogee: 487.2 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 94.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 6856 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   24287.15714617 0.00006000  00000-0  21314-3 0    00
2 29658  98.0984 253.4484 0002037 314.8339  45.1659 15.29051929    06

Source of the keplerian elements: McCants