WMO OSCAR | Satellite: Kondor-E1

Satellite: Kondor-E1

Satellite details

Acronym	Kondor-E1
Full name	Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft No. 1
WIGOS Station Identifier	---
Satellite Description	Re-flight of the Kondor-E satellite failed in 2014. 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	Presumably inactive
Details on Status (as available)
Launch	19 Dec 2014	EOL	2019
Last update:	2020-01-01

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 (TBD - TBD)

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on Kondor-E1

Acronym	Full name
SAR-10	Synthetic Aperture Radar -10

Satellite payload

All known instruments flying on Kondor-E1

Instrument	Full name	Start date	EOL date	Status	NRT data	Data latency (mins)	Instrument calibration	Comments
SAR-10	Synthetic Aperture Radar -10	14 May 2015	2019 *	N/A				Several problems encountered during and soon after the commissioning phase

* 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 GHz - 3.13 GHz	0 MHz	-	S-band SAR