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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Launch SuccessfulEarth ScienceSoyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Launched 2023-05-26 21:14:51 UTCCosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
79th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
4th
launch this year
Cosmodrome Site 1S
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
216 d 1 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Government · Russia · Founded 1992 · Administrator Yuri Borisov
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
Launches
344
Successful
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97%
Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch success confirmed
SwGustav
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch date and time, TBC.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET May 27.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch with launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
46.3m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
7,020kg
Liftoff thrust
4,149kN
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