Bundeswehr: Government / agency (Germany), launches, rockets and satellites

0Orbital launches

28All launches (incl. suborbital)

6Satellites in orbit

0Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

Bundeswehr is a government organisation based in Germany, founded in 1955. Our records show 28 launches and 6 satellites in orbit.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

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Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement 0 orbital launches · 4 satellites in orbit Bundesamt f. Inf.management und Informationstechnik der Bundeswehr 0 orbital launches · 2 satellites in orbit

Satellites in orbit

By platform

SAR-Lupe	4
Spacebus 3000B2	2

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
17 Dec 1992	1992-A23	Lance	- -	Success
18 Mar 1992	1992-A22	Lance	- -	Success
11 Mar 1992	1992-A21	Lance	- -	Success
7 Jun 1989	1989-A17	Lance	- -	Success
6 Sep 1978	1978-A75	Lance	- -	Success
2 Mar 1978	1978-A69	Lance	- -	Success
5 Jul 1977	1977-A83	Lance	- -	Success
1 Jul 1977	1977-A58	Lance	- -	Success
27 Apr 1977	RB350 Training	Sergeant	NAMFI?	Success
2 May 1974	RakSArt Training	Sergeant	- -	Success
Mar 1974	RakArtLBttr Training	Sergeant	- -	Success
Sep 1970	RakArtLBttr Training	Sergeant	- -	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

SatService to supply Q V band satcom ground station for Bundeswehr university SpaceDaily · 17 Feb 2026
ESA astronauts complete helicopter training in preparation for future lunar missions ESA · 17 Oct 2025
ESA astronauts complete helicopter training in preparation for future lunar missions ESA · 16 Oct 2025
Matthias Maurer during helicopter training ESA · 16 Oct 2025
Thomas Pesquet during helicopter training ESA · 16 Oct 2025
Samantha Cristoforetti during helicopter training ESA · 16 Oct 2025
Alexander Gerst during helicopter training ESA · 16 Oct 2025
Alexander Gerst and Matthias Maurer during helicopter training ESA · 16 Oct 2025
POLARIS Spaceplanes to Equip its Vehicles with Air-to-Air Missiles European Spaceflight · 21 Jun 2025
POLARIS Spaceplanes Secures Contract for Hypersonic Research Vehicle European Spaceflight · 28 Feb 2025

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 2 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell)
Verification status: cross-checked across sources, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.