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Elektron-1 & 2
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 30 Jan 1964, 09:45 am UTC
Rocket: Vostok (R-7)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Elliptical Orbit
Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
Elektron was one of the earliest Soviet scientific satellite missions to be authorized following the initial Sputnik (D-1) series.