NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Elektro-L n°4

Launch Time
Sun Feb 05, 2023 09:12 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M/DM-3
Roscosmos
Status: Active
Price: $65.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 10,027 kN
Payload to LEO: 21,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 6,000 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 57.24 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 10.0 m

Mission Details

Elektro-L n°4

Elektro-L n°4 is a Russian geostationary weather satellite. It is the fourth Elektro-L spacecraft to fly. 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: 2,094.0 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Location

Site 81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2023

18th orbital launch attempt

Proton-M

114th mission
1st mission of 2023
102nd successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission