Electro-L2 spacecraft are a component of the Elektro geostationary hydrometeorological space system.
Name of Satellite | Electro-L2 |
Purpose | Earth Observation |
Contractor | Lavochkin |
Country of Contractor | Russia |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 1 800 |
Class of Orbit | GEO |
Perigee (km) | 35 694 |
Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | 10 |
Date of Launch | 11.12.2015 |
Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle | Zenit |
COSPAR Number | 2015-074A |
NORAD Number | 41105 |
These Electro-L2 are specifically designed for the acquisition and preliminary processing of multispectral images (of clouds and also image of surfaces) along with a sample layer (or sublayer) of the Earth, within the entire observed disk of the Earth.