Geostationary
ELEKTRO-L 3
Russian Geostationary Weather · Roscosmos / Roshydromet
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Russia's third Elektro-L geostationary weather satellite with upgraded multispectral imaging for improved temporal resolution. Elektro-L 3 provides full-disk imagery every 10-15 minutes, feeding Russian weather forecast models and contributing data to the World Meteorological Organization's global exchange. Russia prioritizes the Elektro-L program to monitor Arctic weather systems affecting the Northern Sea Route — the increasingly important commercial shipping corridor through Russia's melting Arctic.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,236–22,249 mi (35,785–35,806 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 44903
- Int’l designator
- 2019-095A
- Launched
- 2019
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.
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