The first SAR-Lupe satellite has been in orbit since December 2006. It is supplying superb high-resolution images and is operating very successfully and reliably.

The SAR-Lupe program comprises a constellation of five identical small satellites (770 kg – 250 W) which will be launched into 3 quasi polar orbital planes at 500 km altitude, ...

The SAR-Lupe System consists of five identical satellites, which were launched in intervals of six months. It serves the German Federal Armed Forces as a national reconnaissance system for monitoring ...

By late 2009,SAR-Lupe is expected to be available to French defense forces as part of abilateral exchange that will give the German military access to France'sHelios-2 high-resolution optical ...

"The satellites will continue the replacement process of the aging SAR-Lupe constellation," EverydayAstronaut.com wrote in a mission description. "SARah 2 and SARah 3 are two 'reflector antenna ...

SAR simulation tools are typically used in the design process of SAR systems in the form of parametric studies that consider topics like prediction of image quality parameters, testing of image ...

France has its Helios satellites, Germany its SAR-Lupe radar aircraft and Italy its Cosmo SkyMed. The problem is that each does not know what the others are doing – or snooping on.

This new constellation was intended to replace an aging fleet of similar, though less capable, satellites known as SAR-Lupe. This five-satellite constellation launched nearly two decades ago.

Germany already flies space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and multi-spectral systems, soon expanding its suite to include a ... (MOD)-run SAR Lupe program (a 5-satellite constellation that is ...

Germany has put the first of its new-generation synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites into operational use. The planned Satellite-based Radar Reconnaissance System (SARah) constellation of ...

The fifth and final SAR-Lupe synthetic aperture radar satellite was launched on July 22 by a Cosmos-3M rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome south of Archangelsk, Russia, completing Germany’s ...