🚀 Proton-M · Elektro-L No.5

Thursday, February 12, 2026 · 8:52 AM – 9:52 AM
81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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. February 12, 2026 at 08:52 UTC · Launch Successful Proton-M Blok DM-03 — Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, to Geostationary Orbit 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan The world's 7204th orbital launch attempt, and 31st of 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwiBFPB0Vgs Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Mission patch: via The Space Devs.

🚀 Proton-M · Elektro-L No.5