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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-MCosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Kondor-FKA No.1
Launched
May 26, 2023 · 21:14 UTC
Summary
Kondor-FKA No.1 launched on a Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M from Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation on May 26, 2023 at 21:14 UTC. It was Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)'s 312th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 6,447th orbital launch attempt. It was the 18th Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 516 × 518 km orbit inclined 97.4°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
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- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 18th Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M flight · 1st this yearRussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)'s 312th launch4th this yearhumanity's 6,447th orbital launch attempt79th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kondor-FKA No. 1 · NORAD 56756 · 2023-074 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-074A
- Epoch
- 2023-05-26 23:20:26 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.18616793 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0001908
- Inclination
- 97.4386°
- Ascending node
- 341.7655°
- Arg. of perigee
- 80.2226°
- Mean anomaly
- 78.6353°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; 1 still in orbit
- Kondor-FKA No. 1 · NORAD 56756 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this 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.
Pad
Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
13th launch from Cosmodrome Site 1S, 1st this year · 13th from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Local pad time at liftoff: May 27, 6:14 AM GMT+9, in daylight
20 launches from this pad · 21 from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
216 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success confirmed
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/26/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 5/26/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/22/2023 · source
Added launch date and time, TBC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/1/2023 · source
NET May 27.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/26/2023 · source
Added launch with launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/6/2023 · source
Questions
When did Kondor-FKA No.1 launch?
Kondor-FKA No.1 launched on May 26, 2023 at 21:14 UTC.
Where can I watch Kondor-FKA No.1?
Coverage: Трансляция запуска спутника «Кондор-ФКА» №1; Техническая трансляция запуска спутника «Кондор-ФКА» №1.. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Kondor-FKA No.1?
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M, flown by Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS). Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M spec sheet
Where did Kondor-FKA No.1 launch from?
Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation. Liftoff was May 27, 6:14 AM GMT+9 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Kondor-FKA No.1 reach?
It reached a 516 × 518 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did Kondor-FKA No.1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).