Approximate orbit · Germany

SAR-LUPE 5

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SAR-LUPE 5 (NORAD 33244) is a satellite whose full orbit is not public. What is published: its height and tilt, drawn to scale, and who operates it.

Orbit

Approximate orbit, direction and position not public

473 to 496 km up · tilted 98.2° · 94.3 min a lap · as listed on 14 Oct 2026

Its height and tilt are public. Which way its orbit faces, and where it is, are not, so azmth shows no position or pass times.

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Diagram by azmth: size, shape and tilt to scale, from the catalogue's figures. It shows no place on Earth.

Height and tilt: CelesTrak, as listed on 14 Oct 2026

Catalogue

Country: Germany; From GCAT (14 Oct 2026)
Launched: 22 Jul 2008
COSPAR ID: 2008-036A
NORAD ID: 33244

Germany's UN registration gives its orbit as about 478 to 513 km up, tilted 98.2°, 94.4 min a lap (ST/SG/SER.E/569, 16 Jul 2009). Germany gives its function as “Production of radar records”.

Who operates it

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Radar imaging

Official description

“The system can deliver high-resolution images of any point on Earth regardless of weather and time of day.”

Bundeswehr (Luftwaffe), 23 Dec 2025

azmth's translation · Show original

„Das System kann unabhängig von Wetter und Tageszeit hochauflösende Bilder von jedem Punkt der Erde liefern.“

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for radar imaging, lists its owner as Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement, and records it as active (14 Oct 2026).

Data: GCAT · CC BY 4.0 Class, mission and status adapted from GCAT by Jonathan McDowell, CC BY 4.0, data update 14 Oct 2026.

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CelesTrak record