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SAR LUPE 3

SAR LUPE 3 (NORAD 32283) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 January 2026 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 18 years, 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
32283
International designator
2007-053A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Germany
Launched
1 Nov 2007Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jan 2026Recorded time 16:44 UTC
Time in orbit
18 years, 2 months6,649 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 98.1°
Mass
770 kg
Operator
BWB
Built by
OHB
Bus
SAR-Lupe
Programme
SAR-Lupe

Where it came down

Recorded position

Recorded position 48.0°S, 10.0°E at 16:44 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.

Life in orbit

18 years, 2 months

SAR LUPE 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 14 Jan 2026

7 entries
PendingSTARLINK-1306PendingSTARLINK-5219PendingFENGYUN 1C DEBPendingNOAA 17 DEBPendingCZ-6A DEBPendingCZ-6A DEBPendingOBJECT K

From the same launch

2007-053
2014-0179SL-8 R/B
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