Kondor-FKA No.2
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Vostochny Cosmodrome
- Launch (UTC)
- Nov 29, 2024, 21:50 UTC
- Outcome
- Launched successfully
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
- Site
- Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
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.