Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Elektro-L No.1
Zenit
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, January 20, 2011 · 12:29 UTC
Mission
/01Elektro-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
/02Rocket
Zenit
Launch Pad
45/1
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
45.943° N, 63.653° E
40
Pad Launches
1356
Location Launches
200
Agency Launches
1
Orbital This Year