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

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (Government)
• Rocket: Proton-M Blok DM-03 — Proton / UR-500 family

Mission

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.

• Type: Earth Science
• Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Launch Site

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