diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/configs.yml b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/configs.yml
index c1819d41..13870c0a 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/configs.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/configs.yml
@@ -186,4 +186,12 @@
     owner: "{{ target_user }}"
     group: "{{ target_user }}"
     mode: 0755
+    
+- name: receive_elektro.sh ownership permissions
+  file:
+    path: /home/{{ target_user }}/raspberry-noaa-v2/scripts/receive_elektro.sh
+    state: file
+    owner: "{{ target_user }}"
+    group: "{{ target_user }}"
+    mode: 0755
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/receive_elektro.sh b/scripts/receive_elektro.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..954675d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/receive_elektro.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Purpose: Receive and process ELEKTRO captures.
+#
+# Input parameters:
+#   1. Name of satellite "ELEKTRO-L3"
+#   2. Filename of image outputs
+#   3. Duration of capture (seconds)
+#   4. epoch start time
+
+# input params
+export SAT_NAME=$1
+export FILENAME_BASE=$2
+export CAPTURE_TIME=$3
+export EPOCH_START=$4
+
+#time keeping
+TIMER_START=$(date '+%s')
+
+# import common lib and settings
+. "$HOME/.noaa-v2.conf"
+. "$NOAA_HOME/scripts/common.sh"
+capture_start="$START_DATE $(date '+%Z')"
+
+PID_FILE=${NOAA_HOME}/tmp/${EPOCH_START}_${SAT_NAME}.pid
+if [ -f $PID_FILE ]; then
+  log "PID file already exists. Exiting!"
+  exit 0
+fi
+touch ${PID_FILE}
+log "Created PID file ${PID_FILE}" "INFO"
+
+GAIN=$ELEKTRO_L3_GAIN
+
+case "$RECEIVER_TYPE" in
+     "rtlsdr")
+         samplerate="1.024e6"
+         receiver="rtlsdr"
+         ;;
+     "airspy_mini")
+         samplerate="3e6"
+         receiver="airspy"
+         ;;
+     "airspy_r2")
+         samplerate="2.5e6"
+         receiver="airspy"
+         ;;
+     "airspy_hf_plus_discovery")
+         samplerate="192e3"
+         receiver="airspy"
+         ;;
+     "hackrf")
+         samplerate="4e6"
+         receiver="hackrf"
+         ;;
+     "sdrplay")
+         samplerate="2e6"
+         receiver="sdrplay"
+         ;;
+     "mirisdr")
+         samplerate="2e6"
+         receiver="mirisdr"
+         ;;
+     *)
+         log "Invalid RECEIVER_TYPE value: $RECEIVER_TYPE" "INFO"
+         exit 1
+         ;;
+esac
+
+if [[ "$receiver" == "rtlsdr" ]]; then
+  gain_option="--gain"
+else
+  gain_option="--general_gain"
+fi
+
+if [[ "$USE_DEVICE_STRING" == "true" ]]; then
+  sdr_id_option="--source_id"
+else
+  sdr_id_option=""
+  SDR_DEVICE_ID=""
+fi
+
+if [ "$BIAS_TEE" == "-T" ]; then
+  bias_tee_option="--bias"
+else
+  bias_tee_option=""
+fi
+
+RAMFS_AUDIO_BASE="${RAMFS_AUDIO}/${FILENAME_BASE}"
+audio_temporary_storage_directory="$(dirname "${RAMFS_AUDIO_BASE}")"
+decoded_images=${audio_temporary_storage_directory}/IMAGES/ELEKTRO*/*/*.png
+
+log "Cleanup artifacts of previous decode"
+rm -rf ${audio_temporary_storage_directory}/IMAGES
+rm -rf ${audio_temporary_storage_directory}/LRIT
+rm -rf ${audio_temporary_storage_directory}/elektro_lrit.cadu
+rm -rf ${audio_temporary_storage_directory}/.composite_cache_do_not_delete.json
+
+log "Starting satdump... recording to ${audio_temporary_storage_directory}/elektro-${EPOCH_START}" "INFO"
+$SATDUMP live elektro_lrit "$audio_temporary_storage_directory" --source $receiver --samplerate $samplerate --frequency ${ELEKTRO_L3_FREQ}e6  $sdr_id_option $SDR_DEVICE_ID $gain_option $GAIN $bias_tee_option --finish_processing --timeout $CAPTURE_TIME >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+
+push_file_list=""
+
+got_an_image=false
+if compgen -G ${decoded_images} > /dev/null; then 
+  got_an_image=true
+  for file in ${decoded_images}; do
+     image_filename=$(basename "$file")
+     #remove timestamp from L3_* files
+     if [[ ${image_filename} == "L3_"* ]]; then
+       image_filename=`awk -F_ '{print $1"_"$2".png"}' <<< ${image_filename}`
+     fi
+     new_image=${FILENAME_BASE}-${image_filename}
+     mv "$file" "${IMAGE_OUTPUT}/${new_image}"
+     ${IMAGE_PROC_DIR}/thumbnail.sh 300 "${IMAGE_OUTPUT}/${new_image}" "${IMAGE_OUTPUT}/thumb/${new_image}" >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+     push_file_list="$push_file_list ${IMAGE_OUTPUT}/${new_image}"
+  done
+fi
+
+if [[ $got_an_image == "true" ]]; then
+  log "Valid ELEKTRO-L3 image(s) received!" "INFO"
+  # pass start timestamp and sun elevation
+  PASS_START=$(expr "$EPOCH_START" + 90)
+  export SUN_ELEV=$(python3 "$SCRIPTS_DIR"/tools/sun.py "$PASS_START")
+  export SUN_MIN_ELEV=$ELEKTRO_L3_SUN_MIN_ELEV
+
+  # determine if pass is in daylight
+  daylight=0
+  if [ "${SUN_ELEV}" -gt "${SUN_MIN_ELEV}" ]; then daylight=1; fi
+
+  # insert or replace in case there was already an insert due to the spectrogram creation
+  $SQLITE3 $DB_FILE "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO decoded_passes (pass_start, file_path, daylight_pass, sat_type, has_spectrogram, has_polar_az_el, has_polar_direction, gain) \
+                                    VALUES ($EPOCH_START, \"$FILENAME_BASE\", $daylight, 2, 0, 0, 0, $GAIN);" >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+
+  pass_id=$($SQLITE3 $DB_FILE "SELECT id FROM decoded_passes ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1;")
+  $SQLITE3 $DB_FILE "UPDATE predict_passes \
+                    SET is_active = 0 \
+                    WHERE (predict_passes.pass_start) \
+                    IN ( \
+                      SELECT predict_passes.pass_start \
+                      FROM predict_passes \
+                      INNER JOIN decoded_passes \
+                      ON predict_passes.pass_start = decoded_passes.pass_start \
+                      WHERE decoded_passes.id = $pass_id \
+                    );" >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+                    
+
+  # determine if auto-gain is set - handles "0" and "0.0" floats
+  gain=$GAIN
+  if [ $(echo "$GAIN==0"|bc) -eq 1 ]; then
+    gain='Automatic'
+  fi
+
+  # create push annotation string (annotation in the email subject, discord text, etc.)
+  # note this is NOT the annotation on the image, which is driven by the config/annotation/annotation.html.j2 file
+  push_annotation=""
+  if [ "${GROUND_STATION_LOCATION}" != "" ]; then
+    push_annotation="Ground Station: ${GROUND_STATION_LOCATION}"
+  fi
+  push_annotation="${push_annotation} ${SAT_NAME} ${capture_start} "
+  push_annotation="${push_annotation} Gain: ${gain}"
+  
+  # handle Pushover pushing if enabled
+  if [ "${ENABLE_PUSHOVER_PUSH}" == "true" ]; then
+    pushover_push_annotation=""
+    #if [ "${GROUND_STATION_LOCATION}" != "" ]; then
+    #  pushover_push_annotation="Ground Station: ${GROUND_STATION_LOCATION}<br/>"
+    #fi
+    pushover_push_annotation="${pushover_push_annotation}<b>Start: </b>${capture_start}<br/>"
+    pushover_push_annotation="${pushover_push_annotation} <a href=${PUSHOVER_LINK_URL}?pass_id=${pass_id}>BROWSER LINK</a>";
+    pushover_push_annotation="${pushover_push_annotation}<b>Gain: </b>${gain}<br/>"
+    log "Call pushover script with push_file_list: $push_file_list" "INFO"
+    ${PUSH_PROC_DIR}/push_pushover.sh "${pushover_push_annotation}" "${SAT_NAME}" "$push_file_list" >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+  fi
+
+  # handle Slack pushing if enabled
+  if [ "${ENABLE_SLACK_PUSH}" == "true" ]; then
+    ${PUSH_PROC_DIR}/push_slack.sh "${push_annotation} <${SLACK_LINK}?pass_id=${pass_id}>\n" $push_file_list >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+  fi
+
+  # handle Twitter pushing if enabled
+  if [ "${ENABLE_TWITTER_PUSH}" == "true" ]; then
+    log "Pushing image enhancements to Twitter" "INFO"
+    ${PUSH_PROC_DIR}/push_twitter.sh "${push_annotation}" $push_file_list >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+  fi
+
+  # handle Facebook pushing if enabled
+  if [ "${ENABLE_FACEBOOK_PUSH}" == "true" ]; then
+    log "Pushing image enhancements to Facebook" "INFO"
+    python3 ${PUSH_PROC_DIR}/push_facebook.py "${push_annotation}" "${push_file_list}" >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+  fi
+
+  # handle Mastodon pushing if enabled
+  if [ "${ENABLE_MASTODON_PUSH}" == "true" ]; then
+    log "Pushing image enhancements to Mastodon" "INFO"
+    python3 $PUSH_PROC_DIR}/push_mastodon.py "${push_annotation}" ${push_file_list} >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+  fi
+
+  # handle Instagram pushing if enabled
+  if [ "${ENABLE_INSTAGRAM_PUSH}" == "true" ]; then
+    log "Pushing image enhancements to Instagram" "INFO"
+    $CONVERT "${IMAGE_FILE_BASE}${suffix}" -resize "1080x1350>" -gravity center -background black -extent 1080x1350 "${IMAGE_FILE_BASE}-instagram.jpg"
+    python3 ${PUSH_PROC_DIR}/push_instagram.py "${push_annotation}" $(sed 's|/srv/images/||' <<< "${IMAGE_FILE_BASE}-instagram.jpg") ${WEB_SERVER_NAME} >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+    rm "${IMAGE_FILE_BASE}-instagram.jpg"
+  fi
+
+  # handle Matrix pushing if enabled
+  if [ "${ENABLE_MATRIX_PUSH}" == "true" ]; then
+    log "Pushing image enhancements to Matrix" "INFO"
+    ${PUSH_PROC_DIR}/push_matrix.sh "${push_annotation}" $push_file_list >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+  fi
+
+  # handle email pushing if enabled
+  if [ "$ENABLE_EMAIL_PUSH" == "true" ]; then
+    log "Emailing images" "INFO"
+    for i in $push_file_list
+    do
+      ${PUSH_PROC_DIR}/push_email.sh "${EMAIL_PUSH_ADDRESS}" "$i" "${push_annotation}" >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+    done
+  fi
+
+  # handle Discord pushing if enabled
+  if [ "${ENABLE_DISCORD_PUSH}" == "true" ]; then
+    log "Pushing images to Discord" "INFO"
+    for i in $push_file_list
+    do
+      ${PUSH_PROC_DIR}/push_discord.sh "$DISCORD_METEOR_WEBHOOK" "$i" "${push_annotation}" >> $NOAA_LOG 2>&1
+    done
+  fi
+else
+  log "No ELEKTRO-L3 image received!" "INFO"
+fi
+
+# calculate and report total time for capture
+rm ${PID_FILE}
+log "Deleted PID file ${PID_FILE}" "INFO"
+TIMER_END=$(date '+%s')
+DIFF=$(($TIMER_END - $TIMER_START))
+PROC_TIME=$(date -ud "@$DIFF" +'%H:%M.%S')
+log "Total processing time: ${PROC_TIME}" "INFO"