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Zenit-3F | Elektro-L No.1

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

Rocket: Zenit 3F · Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Launch pad

45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan · View on map (opens in new tab)