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Mission

Earth Science · Direct-GEO

Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. They are designed to capture real-time images of clouds and the Earth's underlying surface, heliogeophysical measurements, collection and translating hydrometeorological and service…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
ELEKTRO-L 5 2026-028A Payload 35780 × 35793 km · 0.1° Globe
JAM-E JAM 1 2026-028B Payload 35784 × 35791 km · 0.2° Globe
BLOCK DM-SL R/B 2026-028C Rocket body 34571 × 35411 km · 0.2° Globe
BLOCK DM-SL DEB 2026-028D Debris 34642 × 35399 km · 0.2° Globe

COSPAR ID 2026-028 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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