Kondor-FKA n°1
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:14:51
Friday May 26, 2023
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Launch Notes
First Soyuz to be launched with RG-1 kerosene, also named naphthyl (used on the other Soviet/Russian kerolox launchers), which replaces the T-1 aircraft kerosene previously used by all the Soyuz/R-7 launchers since 1957.
Kondor-FKA n°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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1,100 kilograms
Rocket
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaPrice
$23.00 million
Rocket
Height: 46.94m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 7,020 kg
GTO: 2,810 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,550 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.11m
Height: 10.2m
Stages
4
Strap-ons
4
Launch Site
Stats
Soyuz 2.1a
70th
Mission
5th
Mission of 2023
2023
79th
Orbital launch attempt