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CTOnews.com, February 6, Beijing time 17:12:52 on February 5, 2023, the Russian Space Agency launched a proton-M carrier rocket from position 81max 24 at the Baikonur Space launch site, sending the fourth Elektro-L hydrometeorological satellite into the geostationary orbit (GEO).

The proton-M sequence number used this time is 93568 and the upper level number of Blok DM-03 is 7L.

According to reports, the satellite is mainly used to carry out tasks such as atmospheric and marine environmental elements detection, space environment exploration, disaster prevention and mitigation, and scientific experiments. The launch is the 428th flight of a series of proton carrier rockets.

The launch mission is the first of three planned launches by Proton in 2023, and the next launch is scheduled for March. It is worth mentioning that the Proton-M is in the process of decommissioning and the number of launchers available will gradually decrease in the next few years.

According to CTOnews.com, the first Elektro-L satellite was launched in 2011 and stopped working in 2016, failing to meet its 10-year goal; the second satellite was launched into space in 2015 and the third entered orbit in 2019, both of which are currently operating as expected.

In addition, Russia plans to replace the four Electro-L satellites with three Elektro M satellites after 2025. In fact, the Elektro-L satellite should have been preceded by the Elektro-1 satellite, which was launched in 1994 but was never fully operational.

Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed by the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos. They are the first Russian meteorological satellites to operate in geostationary orbit. Each satellite has a mass of about 1620 kilograms and a service life of 10 years.

They can capture visible and infrared spectral images of the hemispheric Earth and provide climate change and ocean monitoring data, as well as weather forecast data.

Elektro-L satellites are developed by NPO Lavochkin and operated by Roscosmos. They work with the Meteor-M series of polar orbiting meteorological satellites. Data collected by the satellite are distributed to the Space Hydrometeorology Scientific Research Centre "Planeta" and the Russian Federation Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Service.

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