Kondor-FKA upper stage with Kondor-FKA satellite launched into orbit

The Fregat upper stage with the Kondor-FKA radar satellite has separated from the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket. It brings the spacecraft into the specified orbit. This was reported on November 30 by the state corporation "Roscosmos".

The satellite was launched today at 00:50 Moscow time from site 1C of the Vostochny cosmodrome, according to the Telegram-channel of the organization.

"Fregat" should turn on the propulsion system twice to deliver "Condor" to the necessary orbit with an altitude of 500-550 km.

Earlier, on November 21, rocket "Soyuz-2.1a" launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with a cargo ship "Progress MS-29" on board. It is noted that on board the cargo ship is 1155 kg of dry cargo for the crew and station systems, 869 kg of fuel for refueling the International Space Station (ISS), 420 kg of drinking water and 43 kg of nitrogen to replenish the atmosphere of the station.

Earlier, on November 5, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying two Ionosphere-M spacecraft and 53 Russian and foreign associated satellites was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Later, the Fregat upper stage delivered the spacecraft to their target orbits. Roscosmos noted that the launch was a record launch in the history of Russian cosmonautics.