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Proton-M/Blok DM-03 | Elektro-L No.5

Mission

Elektro-L No.5

Type:

Earth Science

Orbit:

Geostationary Orbit

Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. They are designed to capture real-time images of clouds and the Earth's underlying surface, heliogeophysical measurements, collection and translating hydrometeorological and service data.

Status

To Be Determined

Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

Pad

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KAZ

Latitude: 45.92

longitude: 63.342

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Location

Timezone:

Asia/Qyzylorda

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.

Location total Launch count:

1557

Location total Landing count:

0

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Rocket

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Proton-M Blok DM-03

Proton-M Blok DM-03 is a four stage Russian heavy lift launch vehicle derived from the Soviet Proton launch vehicle. It is a Proton-M with an added DM-03 Fourth stage.

Family: Proton / UR-500

Variant: M Blok DM-03

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Details

Min stage: 4

Max stage: 4m

Length: 58.2m

Diameter: 7.4

First Flight: Dec. 5, 2010

Total launch count: 7

Successful launches: 5

Failed launches: 2

Pending launches: 1

Consecutive successful launches: 5

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 2100kg

Launch cost: US$65000000

Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) capacity: 6920kg

Manufacturer

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Type:

Government

RUS

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

Founding year:

1916

Administrator:

Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy

Launchers:

Proton | Rokot

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Agency

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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

RUS

Type: Government

Details

Administrator:

Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy

Founding year:

1916

Launchers:

Proton | Rokot

Total launch count: 196

Successful launches: 181

Consecutive successful launches: 7

Failed launches: 15

Pending launches: 1

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