MISSION NAME
Elektro-L No.1 1
Status
Success
DATE
20 JAN 2011
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Launch Pad
45/1
Description
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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