Elektro-L No.1
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.
| Mission type | Weather |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2011-001A |
| SATCAT no. | 37344 |
| Mission duration | 13 years, 2 months and 26 days (in orbit) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | Navigator |
| Manufacturer | NPO Lavochkin |
| Launch mass | 1,740 kilograms (3,840 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 January 2011, 12:29:02 UTC |
| Rocket | Zenit-3F |
| Launch site | Baikonur 45/1 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Longitude | 14.5° West |
| Semi-major axis | 42,165.19 kilometres (26,200.23 mi) |
| Eccentricity | 7.61E-05 |
| Perigee altitude | 35,790 kilometres (22,240 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 35,797 kilometres (22,243 mi) |
| Inclination | 0.68 degrees |
| Period | 1436.17 minutes |
| Epoch | 24 January 2015, 03:02:23 UTC |
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