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Zenit-3F | Elektro-L No.1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)45/1 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Elektro-L No.1
Type
Earth Science
Target orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

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.

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Zenit
Family
Zenith
Provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Type
Government
Country
RUS

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launch site

Pad
45/1
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Country
KAZ
Timezone
Asia/Qyzylorda
Coordinates
45.9435, 63.6530