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German spy satellite launched by Russian rocket

Submit on Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 08:19

Rocket: Kosmos 3M; Payload: SAR-Lupe 1; Date: 19 December 2006, 1400 UTC; Launch Site: Plesetsk, Russia. Germany’s first spy satellite was successfully placed in a near-polar 500 km orbit, inclined at 98 degrees.

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