Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA n°1

Status

Success

Kondor-FKA n°1

Launch Time
Fri May 26, 2023 21:14 UTC

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.

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Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M

Image Credit: Roscosmos

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Status: Active

Price: $23.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN

Payload to LEO: 7,020 kg

Payload to GTO: 2,810 kg

Stages: 4

Strap-ons: 4

Rocket Height: 46.94 m

Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m

Fairing Height: 10.2 m

Details

Mission Details

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.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 1,100.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Location

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia

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Stats

2023

79th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1a

70th mission

5th mission of 2023

68th successful mission

48th consecutive successful mission