Group : Satellites
Status : Active
Also Known As : Kondor-E
Origin : Russia
Contractor : Roscosmos
Total Production : ?

The Kondor is an 800 kg Earth observation small spacecraft designed to provide high-resolution imagery and terrain mapping in real-time. The spacecraft can be equipped with either a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) or electro-optic payload. The SAR radar with a 9.6 cm wavelength has a resolution of 1-20 meters over a 10x200 km surveillance area. Its parabolic antenna has a 6-meter diameter and is capable of stereoscopic and interferometric imagery processing. The electro-optic payload provides near-infrared imagery featuring a resolution of one meter. The Kondor Earth observation satellite is provided with a ground flight control station and data reception and processing centers. The data gathered by the Kondor Earth observation satellite is suitable for both civil and military applications such as agriculture, forestry, mapping industry, land use management, geology, mineral exploration, environmental protection, ship navigation, and ice reconnaissance. It is available for the export market as the Kondor-E.

Group : Satellites
Status : Active
Origin : Russia
Contractor : Roscosmos
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : June 2023
Total Production : 4

The Kondor-FKA is a new series of all-weather military reconnaissance satellites developed to meet the requirements of the Russian Armed Forces. The radar system has been designed to detect surface targets as well as underground/buried targets on behalf of military applications. The first all-weather radar reconnaissance satellite is expected to go online by the end of 2022 with two additional satellites to follow in 2023. Finally, the first spacecraft was launched on May 27, 2023, with another two spacecraft to be launched in 2024. In August 2023, Russia revealed its intention to build four spacecraft.