{
  "id": "sarah",
  "name": "SARah",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "space",
  "country": "DEU",
  "category": "Radar reconnaissance satellites",
  "status": "in-service",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "DEU"
  ],
  "summary": "German Bundeswehr radar satellites succeeding SAR-Lupe: one active phased-array satellite and two passive reflector satellites.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "orbit_regime",
      "v": "LEO",
      "src": [
        "gsp-sarah-p"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "orbit_text",
      "v": "500 km circular, 88.2° (SARah 2/3)",
      "src": [
        "gsp-sarah-p"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "sats_count",
      "v": 3,
      "src": [
        "gsp-sarah-p"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "program",
      "v": "SARah 2 and 3 launched December 2023 with reflector deployment problems, resolved by May 2025",
      "src": [
        "gsp-sarah-p"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "satellite",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from cited open sources"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/sarah.html",
  "sources": {
    "gsp-sarah-p": {
      "title": "SARah 2, 3 (SARah-Passiv)",
      "publisher": "Gunter's Space Page",
      "url": "https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sarah-p.htm",
      "published": null,
      "tier": 3,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}