2024 · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Kondor-FKA No.2
successSoyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA No.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 to 2 m in spotlight mode, 1 to 3 m in stripmap mode and 5 to 30 m in ScanSAR mode.
Overview
- Date / time
- November 29, 2024 at 09:50 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Cosmodrome Site 1S
- Mission
- Kondor-FKA No.2
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit