NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Elektro-L n°2

Launch Time
Fri Dec 11, 2015 13:45 UTC

Rocket

Zenit-3 SLBF
Roscosmos
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 7,257 kN
Payload to LEO: 13,740 kg
Payload to GTO: 6,000 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 54.35 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.1 m
Fairing Height: 10.7 m

Mission Details

Elektro-L n°2

Elektro-L n°2 is a Russian geostationary weather satellite. It is the second Elektro-L spacecraft to fly after Elektro-L n°1 launched in 2011. It replaces the first Elektro series, which was never brought to operational service. The Elektro-L satellites are based on Lavochkins Navigator-Bus. Elektro-L also features receivers for the SARSAT-COSPAS emergency call system.

The MSU-GS scanner is the primary instrument aboard the spacecraft. It is designed to produce visible light and infrared images of a full disc of the Earth. It can produce an image every half-hour, with visible light images having a resolution of one kilometre, and infrared images having a resolution of four kilometres. The satellite also carries GGAK-E, a heliophysics payload designed to study radiation from the Sun. The satellite will also be used to relay data between Russian weather stations, and will also be used to relay signals as part of the Cospas-Sarsat system. It carries seven infrared channels and three visible channels.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,740.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Location

Site 45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2015

78th orbital launch attempt

Zenit

83rd mission
1st mission of 2015
70th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission