Elektro-L No.1

Elektro-L No.1
Mission typeWeather
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2011-001A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.37344
Mission duration13 years, 9 months and 27 days
(in orbit)
Spacecraft properties
BusNavigator
ManufacturerNPO Lavochkin
Launch mass1,740 kilograms (3,840 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date20 January 2011, 12:29:02 (2011-01-20UTC12:29:02Z) UTC
RocketZenit-3F
Launch siteBaikonur 45/1
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude14.5° West[1]
Semi-major axis42,165.19 kilometres (26,200.23 mi)[2]
Eccentricity7.61E-05[2]
Perigee altitude35,790 kilometres (22,240 mi)[2]
Apogee altitude35,797 kilometres (22,243 mi)[2]
Inclination0.68 degrees[2]
Period1436.17 minutes[2]
Epoch24 January 2015, 03:02:23 UTC[2]

Elektro-L No.1 (Russian: Электро-L), also known as Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite No.2 or GOMS No.2, is a Russian geostationary weather satellite which was launched in 2011. The first Elektro-L spacecraft to fly, it became the first Russian geostationary weather satellite to be launched since Elektro No.1 in 1994.

  1. ^ "Elektro-L". russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "ELEKTRO-L Satellite details 2011-001A NORAD 37344". N2YO. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

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