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Bundeswehr is Germany's federal armed forces and an EO-relevant government military operator and end-user for radar reconnaissance space systems.^[1] Its SARah reconnaissance system comprises three radar satellites: one phased-array satellite launched in June 2022 and two reflector satellites launched in 2023.^[1] SARah is designed for reconnaissance independent of daylight and weather, using radar observations for military intelligence needs.^[2] The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support and the German Cyber and Information Domain Service are named institutional participants in the SARah launch material.^[1]

Operates

SARahDegraded
Launched 2022-06-18 / polar Earth orbit; public operator pages do not disclose detailed operational orbit for the full constellation

Sources

[1]Bundeswehr SARah launch articleagency doc2026-06-26
[2]DLR SARah satellite-based radar reconnaissance systemagency doc2026-06-26

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:bundeswehr,
  title = {Bundeswehr},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/bundeswehr}
}