Cosmos 2487

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

16:53:00

Thursday June 27, 2013

Mission Details

Cosmos 2487

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The Kondor, alias Cosmos 2487, is a small military radar Earth observation satellite prototype designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya. The Kondor satellite features a S-band synthetic apperture radar (SAR), which can conduct both continous swath surweys or detailed spot surveys. The swath width is 10 km. Ground resolution is 1-2 m in spotlight mode, 1-3 m in stripmap mode and 5-30 m in ScanSAR mode. The operational version is named Kondor-E 1.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

1,100 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Strela

Active 2003 to 2014

NPO Mashinostroyeniya logo

Manufacturer

NPO Mash

Rocket

Height: 27.36m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,850 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

1,870 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.5m

Height: 7.6m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Site 175/59

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

539 days 11 hours

Stats

Strela


2nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2013

2013


33rd

Orbital launch attempt