Weather
ELEKTRON 1
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ELEKTRON 1 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) weather satellite, launched on January 30, 1964 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 30, 1964 at 09:45 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Vostok-K →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Elektron-1 & 2
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 6,205 km
- Periapsis
- 409 km
- Inclination
- 60.88°
- Orbital period
- 158.09 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 326.07 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1964-006A
- NORAD catalog №
- 746
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 2.7047 m²
- Status
- active