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Zenit-3F | Elektro-L No.1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Zenit · 45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)'s 200th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 5,107th orbital launch attempt

January 20, 2011Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jan 20, 12:29Jan 20, 12:29 UTC

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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.

Earth Science · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

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Pad — 45/1

47 launches from this pad · 1,564 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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