January 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM UTC
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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January 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM UTC
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan · 45.9435, 63.6530
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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Пуск РКН Зенит-2СБ с КА Электро-Л
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Height
4.6 m
Diameter
0.42 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
Successful launches
4
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.
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