Elektro-L No.1

Success Roscosmos, Zenit

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Mission

Earth Science · GTO

Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. Electro-L â„–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…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
ELEKTRO-L 1 (GOMS 2) 2011-001A Payload 35794 × 35820 km · 10.0° Globe
FREGAT R/B 2011-001B Rocket body 34467 × 35718 km · 10.5° Globe
SL-23 R/B 2011-001C Rocket body re-entered 2011-03-19
FREGAT DEB (TANK) 2011-001D Debris 288 × 2057 km · 50.3° Globe
SL-23 DEB 2011-001E Debris re-entered 2011-03-05
SL-23 DEB 2011-001F Debris re-entered 2011-02-15
SL-23 DEB 2011-001G Debris re-entered 2011-02-15
SL-23 DEB 2011-001H Debris re-entered 2011-03-06
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FREGAT DEB 2011-001J Debris 34659 × 35499 km · 10.1° Globe

COSPAR ID 2011-001. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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