Elektro-L No.1

Elektro-L No.1
Mission typeWeather
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2011-001A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.37344
Mission duration14 years and 10 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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