Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Elektro-L No.1

Zenit

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, January 20, 2011 · 12:29 UTC

Mission

/01

Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. Electro-L №1 was the first of the series and became the first Russian weather satellite that successfully operates in geostationary orbit. It is designed to capture real-time images of clouds and the Earth’s underlying surface, heliogeophysical measurements, collection and translating hydrometeorological and service data.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Zenit

Launch Pad

45/1

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

45.943° N, 63.653° E

40

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1356

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200

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1

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