Weather
ELEKTRON 3
activeWeatherMEO
Observes the atmosphere and oceans for meteorology and climate monitoring.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 10, 1964 at 09:51 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Vostok-K →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Elektron-3 &4
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 6,061 km
- Periapsis
- 407 km
- Inclination
- 60.8°
- Orbital period
- 156.31 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1964-038A
- NORAD catalog №
- 829
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 2.6808 m²
- Status
- active