Mission Overview
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
Type
Earth Science
Vehicle
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Window
09:14 PM UTC – 09:14 PM UTC
Rocket
RU
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Launch Site
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation