BLAGOVESHCHENSK. Aug 4 (Interfax) - A prototype of the Kondor-FKA remote sensing satellite has been delivered to the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Amur region ahead of comprehensive tests, the press service of the Russian Center for Operation of Space Ground-Based Infrastructure said.
"The equipment developed by MIC [Military-Industrial Corporation] NPO Mashinostroyenia has arrived at the Vostochny Cosmodrome ahead of comprehensive tests of the satellite's unified technical system and fueling and neutralization unit," the press service said.
The future Kondor-FKA small satellite will map the Earth surface and carry out environmental monitoring and natural resources reconnaissance.
The satellite is equipped with a high-resolution, synthetic-aperture radar, which will help receive highly detailed Earth surface images with a resolution of up to one meter in any weather and round-the-clock and study the Earth surface within a 120-kilometer range in surveillance mode.
NPO Mashinostroyenia (part of the Tactical Missiles Corporation) is Russia's developer and manufacturer of missile weapons and space systems.