Launch details

Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA No.2

ROSCOSMOS

Government • RUS

Cosmodrome Site 1S

Vostochny Cosmodrome

Nov 30 at 06:50am

Launchpad time•+0900

Nov 29 at 09:50pm

Your local time•+0000

Current status

Launch Successful

Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M

Launch vehicle

Kondor-FKA No.2

Mission

51.8844

Latitude

128.3339

Longitude

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Note: For all launches the scheduled launch dates and times are subject to change due to weather, equipment, crew and other factors.

Mission description

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.

— Kondor-FKA No.2

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Attending a launch in person

Paid guided tours are how foreigners access Russian cosmodromes, for example Russia Discovery or Star City Tours, at a cost of around 3000 USD. The most valuable service they'll provide is organizing your permits with the Russian or Kazakh authorities.

If you only plan on seeing one, Vostochny is the most modern and likely the heart of Russian spaceflight moving forward, while Baikonur is steeped in history as the launch place of the first human in space (Yuri Gagarin) and the first woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova).

How to get there

The closest commercial airport is Ignatyevo Airport in Blagoveshchensk. Tsiolkovsky Airport is much closer to the Cosmodrome but flights are restricted.

From Blagoveshchensk a 4-hour train or bus ride will get you to Tsiolkovsky, a town that serves the spaceport.

Accomodation

Nearby hotels in Tsiolkovsky.

Agency details

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) oversees Russia's space activities, including human spaceflight, satellite launches, and interplanetary missions. Notable for its Soyuz spacecraft and Progress resupply missions to the ISS, ROSCOSMOS plays a crucial role in international space collaboration.