SAR-Lupe 3

Germany

Spacecraft n°:

German spacecraft n°: 48

Launch data:

Designation	32283 / 07053A
Launch date	01 Nov 2007 - 00:51 UT
Launch site	Pl, LC-132/1
Launch vehicle	Cosmos-3M
Mission	Radar
Earth orbit on:
Perigee / Apogee	475 x 494 km
Inclination	98.16 deg
Period	94.3 min
Earth orbit on 28 Mar 2008:
Perigee / Apogee	473 x 494 km
Inclination	98.2 deg
Period	min
NodeRA	272 deg

Spacecraft data:

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Mass at launch	kg
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Mission details:

Germany's third SAR-Lupe radar satellite was launched on Nov 1 at 0051 UTC; it separated from the Russian Cosmos-3M final stage rocket at 0120 UTC into a 465 x 493 km x 98.2 deg orbit.
The final stage carries a small Automatic Identification System package for OHB/Bremen, to test a system for monitoring of shipping traffic.

Ref.: #7(JR588, 595), #78a, #207 - update: 19.10.08