Astronomy and Space

Elektron (satellite program)

Elektron (Russian: электрон, 'electron'), in American sources sometimes called Electron, was the first Soviet multiple satellite program, comprising two identical pairs of particle physics satellites launched by the Soviet Union in 1964. The four spacecraft simultaneously monitored the lower and upper Van Allen radiation belts and returned a considerable volume of data regarding radiation in space and atmospheric conditions to an altitude of more than 58,000 kilometres (36,000 mi) above the Earth. Two of the four launched satellites are still in orbit as of 2023, the other two having reentered.

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• ▸Beta Scorpii
• ▸Biggleswade
• ▸List of crewed Mars mission plans

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