Success
Kondor-FKA No.1
Earth Science
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)(RFSA)Government
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
SSOorbit
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.
Friday, May 26, 2023 at 9:14 PM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,447
RFSA Mission
#312
Pad Launch
#13
Location Launch
#13
Designator
2023-074
Launch Window
NET
May 26, 2023, 9:14 PM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M Specs
The 2.1a version includes conversion from analog to digital flight control system and uprated engines on the booster and the first stage with improved injection systems. The new digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to launch from a fixed rather than angled launch platform and adjust its heading in flight. A digital control system also enables the launch of larger commercial satellites with wider and longer payload fairings such as the ST-type fairing. These fairings introduce too much aerodynamic instability for the old analog system to handle.
Length
46.3 m
Diameter
2.95 m
Launch Mass
312 t
Thrust
4,149 kN
LEO Capacity
7,020 kg
Launch Cost
$80M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2010
Fastest Turnaround
13d 7h
Total Launches
20
Successful
19
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
10
Maiden flight: Oct 19, 2010
Social Flight Log
- May 26, 2023, 11:48 PM
Launch success confirmed
Source - May 26, 2023, 9:15 PM
Liftoff.
Source - May 26, 2023, 8:36 PM
Livestream has started
Source - May 22, 2023, 4:42 PM
GO for launch.
Source - May 1, 2023, 8:50 AM
Added launch date and time, TBC.
Source - Mar 26, 2023, 7:53 AM
NET May 27.
Source - Mar 6, 2023, 12:45 PM
Added launch with launch date.
Source
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
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.
Founded
1992
Administrator
Administrator: Yuri Borisov
Total Launches
341
Successful
330
Failed
11
Pending
3
Consecutive Success
65
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport above the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The first launch took place on 28 April 2016 at 02:01 UTC.
Timezone
Asia/Yakutsk
Local Launch Time
May 27, 2023, 6:14 AM
Total Launches
21
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
51.8844, 128.3339