Soyuz 2.1a | Obzor-R No.1
Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Vehicle: Soyuz 2.1a
Launch Date:
Launch Site: 43/4 (43R)
Target Orbit: SSO
Orbital Compute Tier: Medium
Note: Assignment of payloads to this launch is uncertain. The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite designed by TsSKB-Progress. In 2012, the development of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the development of the Obzor-R was initiated. The satellite features the BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar as the imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 500 m.