SpaceX F9 - SARah 2 & 3 - SLC-4E

[Grendal]

Launch Date: December 23
Launch Window: 4:56AM PST (7:56AM EST, 12:56 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Core Booster Recovery: RTLS - LZ-4
Booster: B1075.8
Fairings: Reused
Mass: 1800 kg each
Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 94 orbital, 2 suborbital losses

A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch two satellites with passive synthetic aperture radar reflectors for the German military.

Due to lack of mass, this launch used the short second stage engine bell.

SARah 2, 3

SARah is the planned follow-on system for the SAR-Lupe radar satellite constellation operated by the German armed forces (Bundeswehr). SARah consis...

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SARah (Satellite-based Radar Reconnaissance System) - eoPortal

Satellite Mission - SARah (Satellite-based Radar Reconnaissance System)

www.eoportal.org

 

[Dave EV]

Ooh, will the timing and weather cooperate to get some good views of this launch?

 

[Grendal]

 

[scaesare]

 

[HVM]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1738919867523453029

"Deployment of @ohb_se SRH2 and SRH3 confirmed"

 

[Grendal]