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Kondor-E 1 [NPO Mashinostroyeniya]
The Kondor is a small military radar Earth observation satellite prototype designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya.
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 1-2 m in spotlight mode, 1-3 m in stripmap mode and 5-30 m in ScanSAR mode.
The operational version is called Kondor-E 1.
It was launched in 2013 on a Strela launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
| Nation: | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth observation, radar |
| Operator: | Russian Ministry of Defense |
| Contractors: | NPO Mashinostroyeniya |
| Equipment: | S-band SAR |
| Configuration: | Kondor-E bus |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 5 years |
| Mass: | 1100 kg |
| Orbit: | 505 km × 505 km, 74.75 |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos 2487 (Kondor #1, Kondor-E №1) | 2013-032A | 27.06.2013 | Ba LC-175/59 | Strela |
Launch Sites:
- Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, Kazakhstan
References:
- NPO Mashinostroyeniya: Condor-E small spacecraft (SSC) with SAR
Further Kondor missions:
