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Proton-M/Blok DM-03 | Elektro-L No.3

Elektro-L No.3

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Launch Details

Date: 24 Dec 2019, 12:03 pm UTC

Rocket: Proton-M (Proton / UR-500)

Provider: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Pad: 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. They are designed to capture real-time images of clouds and the Earth’s underlying surface, heliogeophysical measurements, collection and translating hydrometeorological and service data.