Zenit-3F | Elektro-L No.1
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
Elektro-L No.1
Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. Electro-L №1 was the first of the series and became the first Russian weather satellite that successfully operates in geostationary orbit. It is designed to capture real-time images of clouds and the Earth’s underlying surface, heliogeophysical measurements, collection and translating hydrometeorological and service data.
Zenit
Height 4.60 Meters
Max Stages 1
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 45 kN
Diameter 0.42 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 0 Tonnes
Launch Success 4
Consecutive Success 4
Maiden Flight 2011-01-20
Launch Failures 0
