Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA No.2

Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M

Nov 29, 9:50 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

Launch Site

Pad: Cosmodrome Site 1S
Location: Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Country: 🇷🇺 RUS