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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Launch SuccessfulEarth ScienceSoyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Launched 2024-11-29 21:50:25 UTCCosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
227th
orbital launch attempt in 2024
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
10th
launch this year
Cosmodrome Site 1S
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
24 d 22 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
333
97%
Upcoming
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scheduled
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Success confirmed
SwGustav
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Liftoff
SwGustav
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Official Webcast by Роскосмос ТВ has started
Launch Library 2
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Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET November 30.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET Q4 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Launch date still TBD per Roscosmos.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
46.3m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
7,020kg
Liftoff thrust
4,149kN
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