Weather
ELEKTRO-L 1 (GOMS 2)
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Zenit →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- Elektro-L No.1
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,836 km
- Periapsis
- 35,802 km
- Inclination
- 9.67°
- Orbital period
- 1437.76 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Roshydromet - Planeta
- Manufacturer
- Lavochkin
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 1,766 kg
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-001A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37344
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 47.6126 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational