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

Proton-M

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Specifications

Status: active
Height: 58.2 m
Diameter: 7.4 m
Mass: 705,000 kg
Stages: 3
Thrust: 10,532 kN
Payload to LEO: 23,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 6,920 kg
First flight: 2001-04-07
Total launches: 1
Success / Fail: 1 / 0

Proton-M is a three stage Russian heavy lift launch vehicle derived from the Soviet Proton launch vehicle. Image Credit: Alex Lane

Propulsion

First stage

6×RD-275M1,746 kN

UDMH / N2O4 · staged-combustion

NPO EnergomashIsp 316s (vac)since 2007

Payloads it launched

1 loaded