Kondor-E 1 [NPO Mashinostroyeniya]
Official name COSMOS 2487
Alternative name Kondor (Cosmos-2487)
Cospar ID 2013-032A
Norad ID 39194
Launch date 2013-06-27
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Strela
Country/Organization Russia
Type application Earth observation, radar
Operator Russian Ministry of Defense
RCS size LARGE
Decay date 2022-11-29
Shape Box + 2 Pan + 1 Dish
Mass (kg) 1150
Height (m) 2.5
Width (m) 0.8
Depth (m) 0.8
Span (m^2) 5
Lifetime 5 years
Contractors NPO Mashinostroyeniya
Equipment S-band SAR
Configuration Kondor-E bus
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

The Kondor is a small military radar Earth observation satellite prototype designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya.

The Kondor satellite features a S-band synthetic aperture 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 called Kondor-E 1.

It was launched in 2013 on a Strela launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
COSMOS 2487 2013-032A 2013-06-27 TTMTR Strela