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

Proton-K/D-2

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
57 m
Diameter
4.15 m
Mass
710,000 kg
Stages
4
Thrust
8,847 kN
Payload to LEO
6,220 kg
First flight
1988-07-07
Total launches
3
Success / Fail
3 / 0

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

2 loaded