Elektro-L No.1

Electro -L 1 (also known as GOMS 2 " Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite" ) is a weather satellite of the Russian space agency Roskosmos.

He was the maiden flight of the Zenit- 3SLBF (also known as Zenit- 2SB or Zenit- 3F) successfully launched into geostationary orbit on January 20, 2011 at 12:29 clock UTC from Baikonur. The separation of the new and first time on the Zenit upper stage Fregat -SB in the target orbit was at 21:28 UTC clock. The launch should take place already on 25 December 2010 but was, however, postponed in conjunction with an additional review of the documentation of the new Fregat -SB booster .. After unfolding the solar boom and the successful test of the systems on board the satellite for was operational explained. Electro -L should be 10 years supply weather data in the visible and infrared regions, thereby devote particular attention to the storm systems in Asia, Middle East and Indian Ocean. This area can be observed due to its position very well to 76 ° Ost076 the satellite. As life expectancy for the satellite 10 years are specified. The cameras deliver every 30 minutes an image with a resolution of 1km per pixel in the visible range and 4 km per pixel in the infrared.

Satellites of this type are to take over the future together with the 2009 launched Meteor -M weather observation for Russia. You can watch a lot of the earth from its position in the geostationary orbit constantly. However, since moving the satellites of the Meteor - M series, however, on a polar orbit at 830 km altitude, it can only intermittently detect when flying an area with higher accuracy.

Electro -L 1 is the first satellite to use the new satellite bus Navigator by the manufacturer Lavochkin. This is to be used in the future mainly for scientific missions. It is designed to be very flexible in order to be usable for as many missions. He is said to be used for missions in low earth orbit at 200 km altitude as well as missions in 1.5 million kilometers away libration point L2. Navigator has an empty mass of 850-980 kg and can accommodate up to 540 kg of fuel. For a maximum of 2600 kg heavy loading capacity of electric power 600-1150 W can be provided. With 450 kg payload of electro -L for this platform weighs so relatively little. Currently in development are the astronomy missions Spektr -RG, Spektr -R and Spektr - UF.

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