Elektro-L No.2

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Elektro-L No.2
Spacecraft properties


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


Bus
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 space platform has an upgrade in star trackers (EADS Sodern SED26) and radio complex. The MSU-GS camera passes 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.

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Orbital Tracking

v t ← 2014 · Orbital launches in 2015 · 2016 →
January	SpaceX CRS-5 (Flock-1d' × 2 · AESP-14) – MUOS-3 – SMAP · A, B · ·
February	– Inmarsat 5-F2 – Fajr – DSCOVR – Progress M-26M – / No. 1
March	ABS-3A · Eutelsat 115 West B – – MMS – Ekspress AM7 – USA-260 / GPS IIF-9 – – – Soyuz TMA-16M – Galileo FOC-3, FOC-4 – IRNSS-1D – BeiDou I1-S – Gonets-M 11, 12, 13 ·
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 · · BRICSat-P · ParkinsonSat · · 8A, 8B · 1, 2, 3 – DirecTV-15 · SKY México-1
June	/ Kobalt-M – Sentinel-2A – / Persona No.3 – – SpaceX CRS-7 (Flock-1f × 8)
July	Progress M-28M – UK-DMC 3 × 3 · · – 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, FOC-6 – – Gaofen 9 – Ekspress AM8 – · · 2A, 2B · × 6 · · · · × 4 · · × 2 – , , / Strela-3M × 3 – · Tianwang 1A, 1B, 1C – Astrosat · · · Lemur-2 × 4 – BeiDou I2-S – NBN-Co 1A · ARSAT-2
October	Progress M-29M – Mexsat-2 – Jilin-1 · A · B · – / NOSS Intruder × 2 / NROL-55 · AeroCube-5c, 7 · SNaP-3 × 3 · PropCube × 2 · SINOD-D × 2 · ARC-1 · BisonSat · AMSAT Fox-1 · LMRST-Sat – – Türksat 4B – – USA-265 / GPS IIF-11
November	– · EDSN × 8 · · · · – Yaogan 28 – · GSAT-15 – / EKS-1 / Tundra-11L – – Telstar 12V – Yaogan 29
December	LISA Pathfinder – / · / -1 – Cygnus CRS OA-4 (Flock-2e × 12 · · MinXSS 1 · × 2 · · ) – – Elektro-L No.2 – / -12L – Soyuz TMA-19M – TeLEOS-1 · · · · · – DAMPE – Galileo FOC-8, FOC-9 – Progress MS-01 – Orbcomm-2 × 11 – Ekspress-AMU1 – Gaofen 4
Launches are separated by dashes ( – ), payloads by dots ( · ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Cubesats are smaller. Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in brackets).

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