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The third SAR-Lupe satellite was boosted into orbit today from the Plesetsk Space Center by a Russian Cosmos-3M rocket. The lift-off occurred at 1:51 a.m., CET. The satellite will provide high-res images to the German Ministry of Defense.
Read MoreELISA (Electronic Intelligence by Satellite) satellites are going to map the entire globe using radar transmitters. ELISA is the first step toward the future ROEM (Renseignement d’Origine ElectroMagnetique) (Elint) electromagnetic reconnaissance program (language spell checker, don’t fail me now….). This is a demo project sponsored by the French defence procurements agency (DGA).
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