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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA No.1
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
May 26, 9:14 PM UTC
May 26, 9:14 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Cosmodrome Site 1S
- Location
- Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
- Country
- 🇷🇺 RUS