ELEKTRO Geostationary Hydrometeorological Spacecraft (future spacecraft). / November 18, 2008 /

ELEKTRO-L geostationary hydrometeorological spacecraft is designed for operational imaging of cloud cover and the Earth’s underlying surface, heliogeophysical measurements, hydrometeorological and housekeeping data collection and relaying.

• Operational imagery (0.25-0.5-hour periodicity) of cloudiness and Earth’s underlying surface;
• Operational acquisition of data on global atmospheric processes in near-equatorial zone that affect weather formation throughout the globe;
• Heliogeophysical measurements;
• Collection and relaying of weather and housekeeping data;

Tasks to be Fulfilled

• to acquire on an operational basis images of cloudiness and the Earth’ underlying surface;
• an operational 1-2 times in an hour obtaining of data on global atmospheric processes occurring in subequatorial region and governing weather formation throughout the globe;
• heliogeophysical measurements;
• hydrometeorological and housekeeping data collection and transmission.

Main Characteristics

• Target launch date: 2010
• Spacecraft mass: 1740kg
• Payload mass: 462kg
• The spacecraft is scheduled to be equipped with the following:
  
  • MSU-GS multi-band scanning instrument;
  • GGAK-E heligeophysical equipment;
  • BRTK onboard radio equipment;
  • BSSD onboard data collection system
• Launcher: «Soyuz-2» with «Fregat» booster
• Orbit parameters: geostationary, subsatellite point is 76 E
• Active life: 10 years
• Developer: Lavochkin Research and Production Association

The spacecraft is scheduled to equip with 2 MSU-GS devices


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