Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:50:25
Friday November 29, 2024
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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 1-2 m in spotlight mode, 1-3 m in stripmap mode and 5-30 m in ScanSAR mode.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
1,100 kilograms
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
81st
Mission
8th
Mission of 2024
226th
Orbital launch attempt