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Proton / UR-500·Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Proton-K/D-1

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
57 m
Diameter
4.15 m
Mass
707,000 kg
Stages
4
Thrust
8,847 kN
First flight
1975-10-16
Total launches
12
Success / Fail
11 / 1

The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Propulsion

First stage

6×RD-275M1,746 kN
UDMH / N2O4 · staged-combustion
NPO EnergomashIsp 316s (vac)since 2007

Payloads it launched

20 loaded
GRANAT
HEO
VEGA 2 DESCENT CRAFT
Venus
VEGA 2 BALLOON
Venus
VEGA 2 BUS
Heliocentric
VEGA 1 DESCENT CRAFT
Venus
VEGA 1 BUS
Heliocentric
VEGA 1 BALLOON
Venus
VENERA 16
Venus
VENERA 15
Venus
ASTRON
HEO
VENERA 14 DESCENT CRAFT
Venus
VENERA 14 BUS
Heliocentric
VENERA 13 BUS
Heliocentric
VENERA 13 DESCENT CRAFT
Venus
VENERA 12 BUS
Heliocentric
VENERA 12 DESCENT CRAFT
Venus
VENERA 11 BUS
Heliocentric
VENERA 11 DESCENT CRAFT
Venus
LUNA 24
Lunar
LUNA 24 RETURN VEHICLE
Payload