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2023 · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Kondor-FKA No.1

successSoyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA No.1

The 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.

Overview

Date / time
May 26, 2023 at 09:14 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Cosmodrome Site 1S
Mission
Kondor-FKA No.1
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch vehicle
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M →
Launch provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) →

Payloads deployed · 1

KONDOR-FKA NO. 1
LEO