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Russian geostationary weather satellite

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Elektro-L No.2
Spacecraft properties


Mission type	Weather
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2015-074A
SATCAT no.	41105


Bus	Navigator
Manufacturer	NPO Lavochkin


Start of mission
Launch date	December 11, 2015 13:45:33 UTC
Rocket	Zenit-3F
Launch site	Baikonur 45/1


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary

Elektro-L No.2 is a Russian geostationary weather satellite which launched on 11 December 2015. It is the second Elektro-L spacecraft to fly, after Elektro-L No.1 launched in 2011. The Elektro-L No. 2 satellite system was developed by Lavockhin and is part of the second generation of Russian geosynchronous weather satellites. The space platform has an upgrade in star trackers (EADS Sodern SED26) and radio complex. The MSU-GS camera also passed additional tests to improve performance in infrared channels.

Launch

Originally planned for 2014, the launch date was December 11, 2015 at 13:45:33 UTC. The launch was conducted using a Zenit-3F carrier rocket from the Baikonur, site 45/1.

References

Krebs, Gunter D. "Elektro-L 1, 2, 3, 4, 5". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
"Zenit rocket raised on launch pad for possible final flight". Spaceflightnow.com. 2015-12-09.
"Final (?) Zenit 3 Rocket Thunders off from Baikonur with Elektro-L Weather Satellite". Spaceflight101.com. 2015-12-11.

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Orbital Tracking

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January	SpaceX CRS-5 (Flock-1d' × 2, AESP-14) MUOS-3 SMAP, ExoCube
February	IGS-Radar Spare Inmarsat 5-F2 Fajr DSCOVR Progress M-26M Kosmos 2503 / Bars-M No. 1
March	ABS-3A, Eutelsat 115 West B WADIS-2 MMS Ekspress AM7 USA-260 / GPS IIF -9 KOMPSat-3A IGS-Optical 5 Soyuz TMA-16M Galileo FOC-3, FOC-4 IRNSS-1D BeiDou I1-S Gonets-M 11, 12, 13, Kosmos 2504
April	SpaceX CRS-6 (Arkyd-3R, Flock-1e × 14) Thor 7, SICRAL-2 TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT Progress M-27M
May	Mexsat-1 USA-261 / X-37 OTV-4, LightSail-1, USS Langley, BRICSat-P, ParkinsonSat, GEARRS-2, AeroCube 8A, 8B, OptiCube 1, 2, 3 DirecTV-15, SKY México-1
June	Kosmos 2505 / Kobalt-M №10 Sentinel-2A Kosmos 2506 / Persona №3 Gaofen 8 SpaceX CRS-7† (Flock-1f × 8†)
July	Progress M-28M UK-DMC 3 × 3, CBNT-1, DeOrbitSail USA-262 / GPS IIF -10 Star One C4, MSG-4 Soyuz TMA-17M USA-263 / WGS-7 BeiDou M1-S, M2-S
August	HTV-5 / Kounotori 5 (Flock-2b × 14) Eutelsat 8 West B, Intelsat 34 Yaogan 27 GSAT-6 / INSAT-4E Inmarsat 5-F3
September	Soyuz TMA-18M MUOS-4 Galileo FOC-5, Galileo FOC-6 TJS-1 Gaofen 9 Ekspress AM8 Kosmos 2507 / Strela-3M 13, Kosmos 2508 / Strela-3M 14, Kosmos 2509 / Strela-3M 15 Pujiang-1 Astrosat, LAPAN-A2, Lemur-2 × 4 BeiDou I2-S NBN-Co 1A, ARSAT-2
October	Progress M-29M Mexsat-2 Jilin-1 Smart Verification Satellite, Jilin-1 Optical-A, Jilin-1 Video-01, Jilin-1 Video-02 USA-264 / NOSS Intruder × 2, AMSAT Fox-1 APStar-9 Türksat 4B USA-265 / GPS IIF -11
November	Chinasat 2C HiakaSat, EDSN × 8, PrintSat, Argus, STACEM, Supernova-Beta Yaogan 28 Arabsat 6B, GSAT-15 Kosmos 2510 / EKS-1 / Tundra-11L LaoSat-1 Telstar 12V Yaogan 29
December	LISA Pathfinder Kosmos 2511 / Kanopus-ST†, Kosmos 2512 / KYuA-1 Cygnus CRS OA-4 (Flock-2e × 12, MinXSS 1, Nodes × 2) ChinaSat 1C Elektro-L No.2 Kosmos 2513 / Garpun-12L Soyuz TMA-19M TeLEOS-1 DAMPE Galileo FOC-8, Galileo FOC-9 Progress MS-01 Orbcomm-OG2 × 11 Ekspress-AMU1 Gaofen 4
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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