WMO OSCAR | Satellite: Kondor-E

Satellite: Kondor-E

Satellite details

Acronym	Kondor-E
Full name	Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	First satellite of the Kondor-E programme. Main mission: surveillance (civilian and military). Further mission: high-resolution land observation, including sol moisture.
Mass at launch	1150 kg	Dry mass
Power	1500 W
Data access link	no link provided
Data access information	Not known.
Orbit	Drifting orbit	Altitude	500 km
Inclination	74.75 °

Space agency	NPOMash
Status	Inactive
Details on Status (as available)	After a series of encountered problems, the satellite was lost sometime during 2014.
Launch	27 Jun 2013	EOL	2014
Last update:	2019-10-27

Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft
- Kondor-E (2013 - 2014)
- Kondor-E1 (2014 - 2019)
- Kondor-FKA 1 (2023 - 2028)
- Kondor-FKA 2 (2024 - 2029)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on Kondor-E

Acronym	Full name
SAR-10	Synthetic Aperture Radar -10

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on Kondor-E

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
SAR-10	Synthetic Aperture Radar -10	Sep 2013 *	2014	N/A

* The information in this field is estimated or assumed

Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control

Earth observation MW frequencies

Service	Sensing mode	Frequency (GHz)	Bandwidth (MHz)	Polarisation	Comments
SAR-10	active	3.11 GHz - 3.11 GHz	0 MHz	-	S-band SAR