Weather
ELEKTRO-L 2
OperationalWeatherGEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 11, 2015 at 01:45 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Zenit →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- Electro-L No.2
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,790 km
- Periapsis
- 35,783 km
- Inclination
- 6.68°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Roshydromet - Planeta
- Manufacturer
- Lavochkin
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 1,800 kg
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
- Detailed purpose
- Meteorology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-074A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41105
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 0.003 m²
- Status
- Operational