Provider: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: 81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
Elektro (or GOMS, Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite) is a three-axis stabilized satellite with a payload that includes a three-channel, earth-imaging radiometer as well as comprehensive communications facilities together with a capability to measure space radiation spectra and densities. It is the space component of the Planeta-C Meteorological Space System.
