Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Kondor-FKA No.1
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
SUCCESS
Success
Friday, May 26, 2023 · 21:14 UTC
Mission
/01The Kondor-FKA is a small civilian radar Earth observation satellite designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a civilian counterpart to the Kondor-E satellite. The Kondor satellite features a S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which can conduct both continous swath surweys or detailed spot surveys. The swath width is 10 km. Ground resolution is 1 to 2 m in spotlight mode, 1 to 3 m in stripmap mode and 5 to 30 m in ScanSAR mode.
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
Variant: Fregat-M
Launch Pad
Cosmodrome Site 1S
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
51.884° N, 128.334° E
13
Pad Launches
13
Location Launches
312
Agency Launches
79
Orbital This Year