launched satellite “Kondor-FKA” is needed for reconnaissance of military facilities in Ukraine – Kommersant

The new radar satellite “Kondor-FKA” will be used for reconnaissance of Ukrainian military facilities, a source said. “RIA News”. The device was launched on May 27. The Russian authorities did not comment on the targets.

According to the interlocutor of the Russian state agency, on average, the satellite will pass over Ukraine twice a day. The device “is capable of shooting military targets in the radar range with a resolution of one meter.” According to the source, the satellite can observe, regardless of the time of day and weather, “for example, the concentration of enemy troops, the transfer of equipment or the construction of new fortifications.”

Condor-FKA is equipped with a radar developed by the Vega concern, which can receive high-resolution radar images of the Earth’s surface, Roselectronics reported. It is equipped with a light umbrella-type reflector antenna and provides observation in the strip of the earth’s surface parallel to the satellite’s flight path.

Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Fregat upper stage and the first Kondor-FKA satellite was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on the night of May 27. It was reported that the device is designed for round-the-clock all-weather radar remote sensing of the Earth in medium and high resolutions. A series of satellites “Condor-FKA” will consist of several devices. The second is planned to be launched in 2024, two more – by 2029-2030.

Leonid Uvarchev