NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Kondor-FKA n°2

Launch Time
Fri Nov 29, 2024 21:50 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Image Credit: Roscosmos
Roscosmos
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

Mission Details

Kondor-FKA n°2

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,100.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2024

226th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1a

81st mission
8th mission of 2024
79th successful mission
59th consecutive successful mission